How many super worms per feeding for an adult leopard?

[neubauer geckos]

I am greatly considering switching from mealies to supers as supers don't pupate in a group,which makes it easier to keep them.My question is,how many does the average adult Leo need in one feeding.and can they live off of supers with a calcium supplement,and the occasional cricket feeding?

 

[Moe]

yea im worried about this too

seems like my gecko gets constipated with eating too many superworms

i feed him two a day or two every other day

 

[Retribution Reptiles]

I feed one super every 3 days to all geckos that are not laying or ovulating.

 

[tlbowling]

Maybe Im over doing it...I feed 2 to 4 every other day?

 

[Dog Shrink]

I feed Eros 3 supers 3x a week, mon wed and fri. He hasn't died yet in the 2+ months we've been doing this. Moe how old is your leo? Once they're past 6 mos or 35-40 grams (breeding weight?) you can go to every other day feeding or 3x a week from what my breeder told me. Once They're past a year old I was told he could go to 2x a week feedings and be fine.

 

[Moe]

I feed Eros 3 supers 3x a week, mon wed and fri. He hasn't died yet in the 2+ months we've been doing this. Moe how old is your leo? Once they're past 6 mos or 35-40 grams (breeding weight?) you can go to every other day feeding or 3x a week from what my breeder told me. Once They're past a year old I was told he could go to 2x a week feedings and be fine.

12 months old i guess, he was a sub adult when i got him, way bigger than a hatchling

 

[Dayton gecko]

moe at thebugdepot.com they say that superworms have a softer body then mealworms and that they are easier to digest. just an fyi

 

[toph427]

Sizes??

What size superworms do you feed adults and what size for juvies and do you use the same feeding schedule for juvies?

 

[Dog Shrink]

Juvies need to eat every day until about 6 mos old then you can go to every other day then around 9 -11 mos old 2-3x a week. Prey shouldn't be any farther around in circumference than the space between your leo's eyes.

 

[Retribution Reptiles]

Juvies don't need to eat every day for the first 6 months. We are dealing with arid climate animals that don't NEED to eat everyday.

 

[Dog Shrink]

Really Ryan? That's not exactly what I was told/read. The 6 mos part might be off, because it likely should be based on their weight rather than their age, but alot of what I've read and was told by my breeder was that juvies should be fed daily.

 

[roger]

I feed my juvies as much as they can eat and as often.IMO for me its important to get as much weight as possible on them because sooner or later they are going to go on hunger stike or become gravid so they are going to need all the weight they can use

 

[Retribution Reptiles]

Really Ryan? That's not exactly what I was told/read. The 6 mos part might be off, because it likely should be based on their weight rather than their age, but alot of what I've read and was told by my breeder was that juvies should be fed daily.

Yes really.

 

[Neville]

I feed my guy 1-2 superworms every other day.