ohhh my goodnes

[lazzara8478]

so my new little one marcella just ate 11 giant mealies! she is almost 1 1/2 months old. girl has an appetite. I weighed her today and she weighed in at 13 grams... before her feeding.

 

[GeckoRing]

WoW! That is one hungry baby!

 

[lytlesnake]

I bet she's love some superworms! Also known as King Mealworms. They move fast though. Try dropping one in front of her and it shouldn't be long before she chases it down.

 

[rhino43grr]

leo has been chowing down on the medium sized mealies lately, the first night we had him home he only ate one, last night and tonight he's downed 10+ i would say... and here i was worried that he wouldn't eat mealies since he was raised on crickets at jmg, silly me... i'm not sure how much he weighs because i don't have a scale, but he's about 4 inches from nose to tail i would estimate. i'm going to have to find somewhere to get some more food for this boy soon, i was thinking 50 worms would last a couple weeks but at this rate they'll be gone by friday.

 

[rhino43grr]

i don't know how to edit my last post, but i'm guessing he's closer to 5.5" nose to tail. and he just ate another couple mealies

 

[Stitch]

Yeah baby geckos will eat every day so you need a lot of feeders on hand. I would figure 8-10 mealies a night so you should wind up feeding 240-300 mealies a month. Once the gecko is 1-1.5 years old he will stop eating every day. As an adult he will need to be fed 2-3 times a week.

13 grams is a nice healthy weight for a 1.5 month old.