Quick background:
I've had reptiles most of my life, but always snakes. Had Redtail boas, ball pythons, jungle carpet pythons etc.
Life got busy, I got married, and when we had kids I got out of reptiles for a while. Now my son is old enough to want a pet and "help" a little with its care. So we got a leopard gecko after a lot of research. He's doing great but seems oblivious to the feeding dish.
When I put mealworms in it he doesn't even notice, even left overnight. So we put mealworms on the cage floor one at a time and he chases them down and eats them all. I have tried putting mealworms in the dish and luring him over to it with a worm. He will come over, eat the worm I drop in the dish and walk off.
For or now that's all I've done because my kids like watching him eat the mealworms anyway. But given time they'll get tired of feeding time and I'll want to be able to put the mealworms in the dish and leave them alone. Any way to make his happen or will it just happen with time with leaving them in the dish?
I've had reptiles most of my life, but always snakes. Had Redtail boas, ball pythons, jungle carpet pythons etc.
Life got busy, I got married, and when we had kids I got out of reptiles for a while. Now my son is old enough to want a pet and "help" a little with its care. So we got a leopard gecko after a lot of research. He's doing great but seems oblivious to the feeding dish.
When I put mealworms in it he doesn't even notice, even left overnight. So we put mealworms on the cage floor one at a time and he chases them down and eats them all. I have tried putting mealworms in the dish and luring him over to it with a worm. He will come over, eat the worm I drop in the dish and walk off.
For or now that's all I've done because my kids like watching him eat the mealworms anyway. But given time they'll get tired of feeding time and I'll want to be able to put the mealworms in the dish and leave them alone. Any way to make his happen or will it just happen with time with leaving them in the dish?