Hello Everyone! Thanks for checking out my thread. So currently I own 16 geckos. That includes 3 baby cresteds, 1 baby leo and 12 adult leos. My average mealworm usage per month is around 2000 mealies. As well as one nymph dubia once a week for everyone.
Now, while i feed my Crested's Repashy CGD and really only supplement with dusted (Repashy Cal + ICB) dubia once per week, I want to provide my Leo's more variety so they flourish and have a slightly more exciting diet. Not saying they aren't flourishing, but I honestly just want to provide them variety. Honestly, my idol in the reptile world is Matt from Sasobek's, and I know he only uses mealies and his animals are fantastic. But since I am a smaller time guy, it would't be much for me to have something else to breed. I hear they can be a bit rough for the first week or so but then grow like weeds. I am confident I could handle their husbandry.
I was looking at picking up 1000 Silkworm eggs and starting to breed them. I found a few websites, as well as one site that sells starter kits.
My question is, am I overdoing it? Would silkworms go well with the mealies and dubias? The way it goes now, they have mealworms available 24/7(almost, I top them up once every 2 days). I then provide all of my leo's a dusted nymph dubia about once per week. I provide egg-laying females with larger nymphs by tweezer during breeding season to help keep their weights up. I use the tweezers cause every single one of my geckos goes insane if the dubia climb on them. So to avoid the stress I just hand it to them on a silver(ish) platter! lol
Suggestions?
Also, where do you guys buy your silkworms from?
OH, and do any of you know anybody that sells Adult pairs of Dubia? I'd like to bolster my colony some and am having a tough time finding anyone that will sell them individually. Most people want to sell them with a larger purchase, and I don't need that as I have well over 200 dubia right now.
Thanks for your help
Now, while i feed my Crested's Repashy CGD and really only supplement with dusted (Repashy Cal + ICB) dubia once per week, I want to provide my Leo's more variety so they flourish and have a slightly more exciting diet. Not saying they aren't flourishing, but I honestly just want to provide them variety. Honestly, my idol in the reptile world is Matt from Sasobek's, and I know he only uses mealies and his animals are fantastic. But since I am a smaller time guy, it would't be much for me to have something else to breed. I hear they can be a bit rough for the first week or so but then grow like weeds. I am confident I could handle their husbandry.
I was looking at picking up 1000 Silkworm eggs and starting to breed them. I found a few websites, as well as one site that sells starter kits.
My question is, am I overdoing it? Would silkworms go well with the mealies and dubias? The way it goes now, they have mealworms available 24/7(almost, I top them up once every 2 days). I then provide all of my leo's a dusted nymph dubia about once per week. I provide egg-laying females with larger nymphs by tweezer during breeding season to help keep their weights up. I use the tweezers cause every single one of my geckos goes insane if the dubia climb on them. So to avoid the stress I just hand it to them on a silver(ish) platter! lol
Suggestions?
Also, where do you guys buy your silkworms from?
OH, and do any of you know anybody that sells Adult pairs of Dubia? I'd like to bolster my colony some and am having a tough time finding anyone that will sell them individually. Most people want to sell them with a larger purchase, and I don't need that as I have well over 200 dubia right now.
Thanks for your help
