No more crickets!

[fuzzylogix]

Finally got all of my fatties off of crix and onto mealies, supers, and lats. Had some that were more stubborn than others, but they are all now officially converted! woooo-friggin-hoooo!

 

[fl_orchidslave]

I hate stinky noisy escaping crickets!!!!! That's why I no longer have a cham- freaking crickets.

 

[tlbowling]

How'd you do it??!! Please tell me ALL your secrets! I have all but 2 of mine off crickets, but the last 2 I just gave up on. Even when I have extra crix, I never even give the converted ones a treat, figured its like giving a recovering alcoholic a drink lol.

 

[fuzzylogix]

i started by offering more worms and less crickets. i spread out their feedings to every 4 days to make sure they were good and hungry, and when i was down to just one cricket and all worms, i introduced the lats. it's taken several months of doing this, but when i fed last i just put in worms and they all destroyed them. now i've upped their feedings to every other day and so far so good.

 

[Kristi23]

Congrats! I hate crickets, too.

 

[thinlizzy]

Crickets are not bad for a while. But for some reason, my five year old leopard gecko (Tico) has all of a sudden stopped eating crickets. Tico seemed well for five years with a diet of fresh crickets lightly dusted with reptilian calcium dust.

I started to try and feed him mealworms. He will eat maybe three and go in his magnetic cave. Maybe I'm worrying too much but after five years of observing his behaviour I'm a bit unsettled as to why his eating pattern has completely stopped?

I would appreciate any advice to help remedy this problem.

Thanks ~

thinlizzy

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

Good for you!!! Can I send you all of my geckos to train?

 

[Pinky81]

whooooo frigin hooooo TOOOO!!!! :main_thumbsup::main_thumbsup:

I finally converted all to worms and dubia about a month ago!!!! What helped me was the trick to get some of the guts to come out and let the Leo lick those...then whamo!!!! And to the picky one Bonnie it was easy after she lays her eggs she isnt thinking about what she's eatting she's just thinking about eatting!!! LOL So i offered only giant mealies and supers and TADA!!!!


NO MORE CRICKETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[fuzzylogix]

Good for you!!! Can I send you all of my geckos to train?

you can send me every single one of them. just might not send all of them back

whooooo frigin hooooo TOOOO!!!! :main_thumbsup::main_thumbsup:

I finally converted all to worms and dubia about a month ago!!!! What helped me was the trick to get some of the guts to come out and let the Leo lick those...then whamo!!!! And to the picky one Bonnie it was easy after she lays her eggs she isnt thinking about what she's eatting she's just thinking about eatting!!! LOL So i offered only giant mealies and supers and TADA!!!!


NO MORE CRICKETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

congrats! Bryan actually got 4 of my fat tails from me. i think he was skeptical at first, but when i talked to him last, they were still pounding worms.

 

[LeoMerlin]

Well Merlin absolutely loves his crickets now, didn't at first. So that's what I give him. The crickets get Fluker's food for crickets and water gels, and sometimes some pieces of carrots. He eats both crickets and mealworms. I know that crickets can be major escape artists, and they're a big pain in the butt when they do escape. Though I figure if they get out of my room, there's a couple of cats that would just LOVE to chase them, lol. The older crickets are the ones that are annoying, but the small ones, not an issue unless they escape