I will never feed supers again, ever!

[Lacedolphin]

I couldn't find any mealies so I got a few supers ( small size) for Amara and Cocoa. I noticed Amara would only eat 1 once in awhile, but didn't care for them much. Mealies however, she loves. Today I was trying to get Cocoa to eat one, since she has barely ate crickets since I got her, and I saw the super bite her eyelid!! :shocked3: I didn't know those things could bite!!

Never ever again will my girls get anything besides regular mealies and crickets. :main_thumbsdown: :main_no:

Should I be worried about her eyelid now? :main_huh:

 

[T-AL]

You'll just have to keep an eye on her to see if it hurt her in any way. I'm sure she will be alright but always be careful! I didn't know they could bite either.

 

[animalhouse27]

I just found out tonight at the *****... actually feeding Supers, ure surposed to pluck off there heads.. :-/ I can't remember the reason behind it.. But yea.

 

[cwazy]

:main_rolleyes: oh boy here we go... the on going debate on how horrible supers are...


what makes you so sure your gecko got bit? maybe it just startled it so it flinched??? and heres a news flash... crickets can bite too *gasp* :main_yes: but seriously they can! about the biggest harm that is likely to come out of it is stress... :main_robin:


plucking off the heads is a joke... and if you beleive the care sheet at that pet place you might as well house your gecko on sand too...

it is rumored that if you dont chop the heads off the supers, and your gecko doesnt kill it enough that it can eat its way out of your geckos tummy... a silly silly rumor that i swear was made up to freek people out... most of my guys love supers and i havent had any injurys or tummy outages yet... *shrug* maybe im just the lucky one :main_rolleyes:

but seriously if your worried about your geckos food biting, you may not want to get crickets... just MY opinion... :main_robin:

 

[herpencounter]

:main_rolleyes: oh boy here we go... the on going debate on how horrible supers are...


what makes you so sure your gecko got bit? maybe it just startled it so it flinched??? and heres a news flash... crickets can bite too *gasp* :main_yes: but seriously they can! about the biggest harm that is likely to come out of it is stress... :main_robin:


plucking off the heads is a joke... and if you beleive the care sheet at that pet place you might as well house your gecko on sand too...

it is rumored that if you dont chop the heads off the supers, and your gecko doesnt kill it enough that it can eat its way out of your geckos tummy... a silly silly rumor that i swear was made up to freek people out... most of my guys love supers and i havent had any injurys or tummy outages yet... *shrug* maybe im just the lucky one :main_rolleyes:

but seriously if your worried about your geckos food biting, you may not want to get crickets... just MY opinion... :main_robin:

Your wrong I was feeding supers to my gecko one time and one of the super chewed right through the belly of my gecko and now she looks like Swiss cheese. *cries*

But for real I agree 100% with cwazy.

 

[Lacedolphin]

I was holding my AFT and saw with my own eyes what happened.The dang thing bit her eyelid while it was rolling around in my fingers when I was trying to hand feed her. be as snotty as you want to, but I know what I saw. As for the crickets, yes I know they can bite too, but neither of my geckos give them a chance, and if there is any left over I always take them out within 30 minutes. Amara doesn't seem to care for the taste of them, and Cocoa my ATF is still transitioning from the move ( I won't get into her background in this part of the forum). I posted to let others who may not know this could happen, to know it can and to find out if I should be concerned about her eyelid.

 

[Baoh]

A bizarre issue with a superworm cost me what I consider to be one of my best geckos. I still feed them daily to my others. I just keep more aware to avoid a repeat.

 

[tazz0710]

how bout you let us know what happen that cost you your best gecko

 

[softballstud_1099]

I never fed supers untill the starting of this year. My little girl was only 29 grams and is about 5 years old. Crickets were just not doing the job. I bought some supers around the first of the year and wow she loves them. She has gained so much wait and her tail has gotten so big. I still feed crickets cause she loves to hunt them. She is curently sitting at around 48 grams now. So there is my super story.

 

[Riyo]

Supers can indeed bite - and bite pretty hard (for a bug). I've been bitten myself and it is noticeable. Some geckos just don't care for them - I know my male Dagda HATES them, won't touch them..but the rest of them will eat them no problem.

If you are going to hand feed your geckos supers there is a higher chance your gecko will be bitten, especially if it doesn't want it. I don't hand feed mine most of the time and when the super is crawling around they pounce on it and crunch it's head.

And as everyone else has said, the 'super chewing it's way out' thing is a myth and a very popular one at that...when I used to buy supers the petstore associates would always make sure to tell me the dangers of them and how they can eat their way out. (I've also heard this about mealworms - which can also bite! but not chew their way out, trust me..)

 

[supperl]

BUt hey same way with crickets.... if you hold them directly in front of the gecko the supers can bite same do crickets and for sure mealworms, too. throught the supers in the tube let them hunt them and no problem.

But you should look that no super worm bugs are in the tube these can realy hurt when they bite!

 

[cwazy]

im not being "snooty" im simply posting my opinion... wich in directly YOU asked for...

any ways, did it leave a wound? a bite mark? anything? i dont get how you can KNOW that it bit your gecko... its not like they have huge mouths and you saw the superworms jaw chomping on your gecko... if i had one of those things on my eye lid, i would likely jump too... wich may give the impression ive just been bit...

we *my wife and i* have both hand fed supers with out a problem... not bites here... its said that they can bite, but out of the thousands of supers we feed, have yet to have any problem... but then again my wife says shes been bit by a lady bug so its possible... i just dont understand how you know for sure thats what happened... but in anycase if there is no wound mark you shouldnt have to worry... maybe someday you will try supers again, *shrug* i know most of my geckos go crazy for them... i even have a lil green anole that eats them from time to time

so thats that... and MY OPINION... you dont have to like it or even agree with it, but there it is

now this other story about costing your best gecko... how can you say such a thing and not share!!! lol.... lets hear the story... what happened????

 

[Baoh]

Series of unfortunate events, which I have already detailed.

http://geckoforums.net/showpost.php?p=246676&postcount=21

I think they are called carrion flies. Nasty. A bit of a freak accident.

 

[Riyo]

Wow, that's grotesque/horrifying. Poor thing.. What a freak occurrence.

 

[Geck-O]

I'm sorry to hear that... Truly a freak occurance

 

[nats]

That's a very bazaar story.

Dont you check on your animals at least every other day
to wet the moist hide, etc?
Something like what you describe would surly take several
days!?
It just seems to me you should have known something was
wrong earlier!

 

[Baoh]

That's a very bazaar story.

Dont you check on your animals at least every other day
to wet the moist hide, etc?
Something like what you describe would surly take several
days!?
It just seems to me you should have known something was
wrong earlier!

I check on my animals several times a day and feed them at least once daily. I do not disturb them as often as I can, however. My moist hides stay wet for much longer than a few days, as I use a substantial amount of moss so that my geckos can dig into it if they like.

 

[nats]

I check on my animals several times a day and feed them at least once daily. I do not disturb them as often as I can, however. My moist hides stay wet for much longer than a few days, as I use a substantial amount of moss so that my geckos can dig into it if they like.

Then I dont understand why you didnt know something freaky was
happening to your gecko, esp, since you say it was a favorite.
I know, house fly eggs go to larvae in only a few hours (under warm
conditions), but just seems like it would take at least 3 days for the
maggots to progress that far!!??
Maybe I'm wrong. :main_huh:

Oh crap!! sorry for the thread hijack!!

 

[RaiQuee]

Hey Hey, lets not play the blame game. Accidents happen. You get caught up in your life, and you just know that your gecko loves his humid hide! You don't even think to check "Oh, hes just sleeping." Boah clearly is upset about his loss, let's not make the heartache worse.

I only fed superworms as a treat. I hardly ever fed crickets unless i was in a pinch (mealworm shipment running late) due to pinworms and the like. I fed my leos silkworms, mealworms mostly. Occassional roaches, supers and waxies as treats. Silkworms would be a great option for you, as they are very high in nutritional value. However I do know that they are hard to come by unless you get a big quantity shipped.

 

[MeiK]

I fed supers for awhile... 'till I found one that had chewed a 1/4" deep 4" long gash into my gecko's wooden log hide. (not exaggerating - I'll get pics if I need to)

...seriously...

I'm not saying it's a direct risk to the gecko - but if it can do that to wood... :main_thumbsdown: