Huge dinner!

[TheCrazyFishLady]

So, I just fed my two girls tonight and both of them had pretty big appetites. Both ate straight from the tongs (only one was working with me, actually from the third day), which made me very happy. Laveau had eight waxworms and Louise had seven. I was actually really shocked. Normally Louise won't eat for me and Laveau will have two or three worms.

So, this is a good sign, right? I bought them on the 28th of last month and both have had very small appetites. They are both juveniles that are about an average weight. Could use a little more squish to them. I have been feeding them superworms, waxworms, mealworms, and cricket. All are gut loaded and dusted. I normally leave worms in their dish at night, so I don't know if they are getting eaten or crawling out. But, obviously tonight they gave in to their hunger. Oh, and I ran out of superworms (got ripped off...) and I need to pick up crickets and the mealworms are too small for them currently (didn't realize how small "mini mealworms" were).

Any other information I should throw out there?

 

[grboxa]

I know it excites you when they start eating more, but waxworms are like mcdonalds to leo's and almost never refuse them, very high in fat so please try and minimize the amount you feed to them. Ive even heard if they get fed enough waxworms, it can be a pain to get them to eat other feeders. It's good to see your trying to get variety in there by mixing it up with different feeders. If your a little concerned about them not eating as much did you check to make sure temperatures are okay?, how are there bowel movements?. Also remember that its common for geckos to eat less and slow down when winter time comes around. And def. make sure no worms are crawling out and roaming the cage, also makes it easier for you to monitor. Besides the waxworms, how much do they usually take in per serving?.