My 23 Day Old Leopard Gecko :)

[Linford]

Hey everyone, my little guy was born on the 18th May 09. He is great at being handled (I try and hold/play with him for 15 mins a day) and eats fantastically (normally 4-6 medium gut loaded crickets).

My only concern is that he only eats crickets (leaves all other worms), however yesterday I tried him on a 1/3 cut up piece mario worm and he loved it (ate all 1/3 pieces). I really want to provide variety in his diet and mario worms are great to boost his size etc. Should I try reducing the amount of criskets I give him, and concentrate on weening him onto mario worm pieces (all food I provide him are coated in calcium too).

Many thanks guys
:main_thumbsup:

 

[mainelygeckos]

What the heck is a mario worm lol

 

[Linford]

Ah my bad, ment MORIO WORM

 

[mainelygeckos]

Still haha I have never heard of a morio worm is it another name for meal worms or something?

 

[Riyo]

Zoophobas Morio, aka a super worm. Glad to hear that your gecko is eating them. You shouldn't have to cut them up. If you think they are too big just offer him smaller ones.

 

[mainelygeckos]

ha googled it is a super worm!

 

[ajveachster]

Go for it if you want to switch the primary feeder.

 

[snakegirl]

lol Yeah yeah you know everyone at first was like a MORIO WORM...well i need some of them! Then we found out there supers...lol

 

[mainelygeckos]

lol just the first time I heard them called that so was like WTH? now I won't forget and ya I need some too! Think I will order some off paco is it? $18 or something for 1000 I htought was a good deal what about you guys? Good deal?

 

[Linford]

Ah ok, must be a scientific name thing then (afterall im a Bsc in Marine Biology so normaly used to calling a species such as a 'super worm' its proper name Zophobas morio lol). How would I go about weening my gecko off crickets (as a main feeder) to that of a morio/super worm. Is it simply depriving him of food until he accepts that the only food source available is a morio/super worm?

Many thanks

 

[OhMyGecko]

water boarding..

 

[cyndi0502]

hmmm, maybe i should try to feed my baby cut up supers too. the uncut ones are WAY too big, they're even hard for my adults to eat sometimes. so i suggest you keep cutting them...

is it gross when you do? like, do guts go everywhere and stuff? because i want to try it

 

[Nigel4less]

hmmm, maybe i should try to feed my baby cut up supers too. the uncut ones are WAY too big, they're even hard for my adults to eat sometimes. so i suggest you keep cutting them...

is it gross when you do? like, do guts go everywhere and stuff? because i want to try it

Or you guys could buy Baby Superworms :main_yes:

 

[STUTFL]

lol Yeah yeah you know everyone at first was like a MORIO WORM...well i need some of them! Then we found out there supers...lol

*really wants to make a "Super Mario" joke*....

 

[GeckoGathering]

Training 101

water boarding..

a BIG LOL for my Day. LOL
Thanks Tony.
take care. HJ​

 

[OhMyGecko]

Alright! one laugh! good enough for me. np HJ

 

[Linford]

Hahaha ok thanks everyone. But in all serious, im finding it hard to ween him off crickets as a main feeder. Cut-up morio/super worms dont move enough for him to even notice so any other high fat food source would be appreciated

 

[Tommy13b]

ITs accually better to have a little variaty in your diet, mine seem to grow more and faster when i started feeding supers and crickets back to back.

 

[Linford]

Cool ok. He just really isnt interested in any type of worm variety though. Tried both mealworm, superworms (cut-up which he ate 3 times). Grrrr this little guy's feedin habits is gettin to me.