indianajones
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We just got our newly hatched leopard gecko about a week ago, and are going to try making his staple diet mealworms instead of crickets (still going to feed dusted crickets 2/3 times a week). The last times I've tried to buy mealworms, though, they started out as very lively but after an hour or two completely stop moving.
If I poke them, they move a little bit, but I can't seem to get my gecko to eat them. Am I doing something wrong? I made sure they weren't under the heat lamp because I figured that would kill them. I know they aren't completely dead yet, but it's only been about 3 hours now since I've gotten them and I've seen almost no motion out of them in an hour or so.
Has anyone else had this problem? I'm thinking tomorrow I'm going to try keeping them in the giant plastic bag (that's inflated with air) my pet shop gives them to me in, until it's night and I'm ready to feed him.
If I poke them, they move a little bit, but I can't seem to get my gecko to eat them. Am I doing something wrong? I made sure they weren't under the heat lamp because I figured that would kill them. I know they aren't completely dead yet, but it's only been about 3 hours now since I've gotten them and I've seen almost no motion out of them in an hour or so.
Has anyone else had this problem? I'm thinking tomorrow I'm going to try keeping them in the giant plastic bag (that's inflated with air) my pet shop gives them to me in, until it's night and I'm ready to feed him.