Whats the best to feed leos.

[GeckoFreak77]

What do you guys think is the best for leos?Thanks Phil

 

[Nigel4less]

Mealworms are great staples. Although I prefer Cockroaches just because their nutrition is just fantastic, and they are pretty much self-sustaining.

 

[Haligren]

I've heard a lot of good things about roaches, but I can't get them where I live. So I feed my leo circkets, mealies, and superworms. Superworms are high in fat but they do have some good nutritional value. She seems to really like them.

 

[GECKO DUDE]

I mainly feed crickets with mealies. I have heard about roaches but what are the best kind to get.

 

[Nigel4less]

I mainly feed crickets with mealies. I have heard about roaches but what are the best kind to get.

Blaptica dubia and Blatta lateralis work great as feeders for Leopards.

 

[Snowy & Petra de Gecko]

Anything

Crickets, Crickets and Crickets.

Roaches too.

I feed my Crickets, Mealworms, Super Mealworms and some Waxies.:main_yes:

I do not feed them Giant Mealworms.:main_no:

I also feed them Hornworms and when I can get some I will try Silkworms.

I just like to throw in something different.

I am thinking about Roaches but, I would have to figure out where I would put them.

 

[GECKO DUDE]

Yea but dont dubia get like and inch and a half would and adult leo be able to handle that.

 

[gothra]

Yea but dont dubia get like and inch and a half would and adult leo be able to handle that.

You can feed the smaller nymphs. I feed off the ones that are around 1.5 cm length.

 

[Nigel4less]

I feed off Adult Male Dubias to my adult Females, that usually keeps them content for a little while.

 

[Snowy & Petra de Gecko]

Dubias

Dubias ... adult lenght it depends on what you get.

Some are 1 1/2 inch and some get up to 2 inch.

I do not think that for an adult leo that there would be a problem with them eating them.

 

[Nigel4less]

Dubias ... adult lenght it depends on what you get.

Some are 1 1/2 inch and some get up to 2 inch.

I do not think that for an adult leo that there would be a problem with them eating them.

Exactly, if your Dubias are inbred expect your Adults to be smaller.

 

[Snowy & Petra de Gecko]

That would

That would be nice if they are less than 2 inches.:main_thumbsup:

 

[Nigel4less]

That would be nice if they are less than 2 inches.:main_thumbsup:

Which is why I have 8 different Bloodlines in my Colonies

 

[Gregg M]

I do not feed them Giant Mealworms.:main_no:

You know I have to ask why you dont feed them giant meal worms... I hope it is not because of that rumor that they use harmful chemicals to keep them from pupating...

The "un-natural" chemical is infact a very natural hormone produced and utilized
by certain species of parasitic wasps. Technically speaking, "Parasitic Wasps" are not actually parasites - they are parasitoids. This is because a true parasite is something that lives at the expense of its host but doesn't actually kill it, whereas parasitoids nearly always kill their host...

The female wasp will inject the venom, the egg, and the hormone into a beetle, moth, or butterfly larva. In some cases the larva is totally paralized and in other cases, the larva is still active, will feed and function normally but will never pupate. Instead, the larva will continue to grow to abnormal sizes. That is until the wasp larva mature and eat their way out of the host larva.

So the hormone used to hault the pupation stage in the king or giant meal worm is the same used by the wasp and it is only effective in insects in the larval stage... It will not affect your gecko or other insectivorious reptile... They are 100% safe to feed to your leos...

Just figured I would shoot that bit of info into the mix here... LOL

 

[Snowy & Petra de Gecko]

Gregg M

As an answer to your question. You know I have to ask why you dont feed them giant meal worms... I hope it is not because of that rumor that they use harmful chemicals to keep them from pupating...

1) Well ... I just don't

2) I do not know if it is a rumor. I assume that they give them something and while that would not have a direct affect on the Leos I choose not to feed the Giant's to them.

3) Now if you could enlighten me ... I would appreciate it.

 

[Gregg M]

Please see above post... LOL... I must have edited while you were posting... Sorry...

 

[Snowy & Petra de Gecko]

Oh

Oh ... well I glad that I did assume too much.

And I am glad that we can learn so much at the Gecko Forum.

 

[Digby Rigby]

Hormones

excessive hormones are not good for use as food items. An example is beef. Beed raised wthout the use of excessive or added hormones is healthier for people. unnaturally high levels of any hormone are not beneficial. There is no legitimate reason to fee giant mealworms to anything as superowrms are superior.

Digby Rigby [email protected]

 

[Gregg M]

excessive hormones are not good for use as food items. An example is beef. Beed raised wthout the use of excessive or added hormones is healthier for people. unnaturally high levels of any hormone are not beneficial. There is no legitimate reason to fee giant mealworms to anything as superowrms are superior.

Digby Rigby [email protected]

:main_rolleyes:
Comparing mealworms to cattle??? There is a legit reason... Supers are not superior... They are just one type of food for captive reptiles... King meal worms are just as legitamate to feed leos as regular meal worms, super worms, crickets, roaches or any other insect feeder...

 

[Pepper]

They do pupate..I just bought some giants cause supers are as long as all my critters...but a bunch of the giants are all wiggling in those weird little pupae forms which I've never had happen before O_O

Could I feed the pupae or beetles to my young tiger Salamander? haha