new leopards from petco...

[MegophryidaeMan]

A lot of my frogs won't eat dusted crickets, so I went to feeding all my crickets rabbit food that was dusted with vitamins. I still have to put the calcium on once or twice a month in order to ensure proper amounts of calcium get into their diet, but they will munch lightly on the crickets with calcium, they just don't pig out like they do on other days. So if I were you, I'd feed your crickets rabbit food for a good three-4 days before feeding along with potato slices with a good dusting of vitamins.

 

[evilxyardxgnome]

Frogs?

 

[fishyfan]

I bought some waxworms to try to fatten her up a bit. I hope she eats them...

 

[fishyfan]

the skinny one didn't eat anything last night

do you guys feed your geckos in the cage? Every time a put a couple crickets in there, they hide under the log or under the paper towels where the geckos can't get to them.

 

[evilxyardxgnome]

I remove everything from the tank when I feed my geckos. Especially with the younger ones that haven't mastered catching crickets. That way the crickets can't hide.

 

[BettaDragon]

the skinny one didn't eat anything last night

do you guys feed your geckos in the cage? Every time a put a couple crickets in there, they hide under the log or under the paper towels where the geckos can't get to them.

I feed mine with feeding tongs so that doesn't happen. Only problem is they've now figured out the feeding tongs mean food and attack them everytime they're in sight.

 

[fishyfan]

do you take out everything including the paper towels?

 

[evilxyardxgnome]

do you take out everything including the paper towels?

no not the paper towel.

 

[JConley]

I do! Try to feed them as late as possible after 8:00 pm. Take everything out then dust everything and toss them in. After about an hour take out left overs and put them back into a cricket keeper.

Get them on a schedule it works better that way for some reason. My geckos shy away from food when the shed, but they eat their shed. A day before they shed, to a day after they shed they get real picky about eating.

 

[boutiquegecko]

I second perhaps separating them until the smaller one catches up to the big one. Make sure both have hides, heat, water, bowl of some mealies and a cap of vitamin dust. This way if they don't eat the dusted food, they may eat it straight from the cap-a lot of geckos will eat it this way. Her tail doesn't have much fat and she is thin. There is a sticky for Marcia's slurry in the health section at the top-stuff does wonders. If she still isn't gaining, and maybe even now, you may want to take a stool sample to the vet to rule out parasites.

 

[fishyfan]

I weighed them yesterday and the big one is 15 grams and the small one is about 4 grams...

 

[Bodon]

Thats a pretty big difference considering in the first picture they seem just about the same size....

 

[fishyfan]

I got another leo today, I picked out the biggest and fattest one there...I couldn't resist

Dont worry, hes being housed in a different tank to make sure he doesnt have any diseases....

Can anyone tell me what kind it is?

 

[evilxyardxgnome]

I believe hypo tangerine. But probably has something else in it.

 

[evilxyardxgnome]

Hope you don't jump the gun too quickly now heh

 

[fishyfan]

I managed to get the skinny one eating, hes turned into a monster. He will eat anything i throw in front of him. i will try to weigh him soon:

The "skinny" one is on the left...

On the other hand, my newest one, the tang, has become extremely picky about what and when he eats in the past month and is getting extremely skinny. I hope i can get him eating again soon

 

[fallen_angel]

You can usually visually sex them around 20 + grams, but sometimes males don't "show" for a very long time (I've heard them not showing until 8 months of age)

They are all absolutely beautiful!!!!

 

[Halley]

there is no guarentee what pattern they will have when they are older. As for sexing i would wait until they are about 20 grams. They are both very nice though.

 

[fishyfan]

The one that weighed 4 grams on 2-01-08 is now at 35 grams! He's gained quite a bit of weight....

The one that weighed 15 grams on 2-01-08 is now 25 grams...

 

[DLS Reptile]

Oh yeah, They are big enough to sex.