Hi everyone,
I am thinking about getting another leopard gecko. It has been a number of years since owning my last one. With my first one, crickets were the staple food, supplemented with mealworms and wax worms. In the early 1980s, Robbie Hampton did determine that mealworms could also be used as a staple. Yep... I go way back.
I am at that point that I really don't want to deal with crickets. Regardless of how careful I was, there were always some free roaming crickets around the house. And I am not interested or ready to culture dubia roaches.
I have been trying to get opinions about the prepared insectivore foods such as Repashy or Pangea. Using it as the staple and supplementing with live food items (crickets, mealworms, wax worms, etc) a few times per month. What I have seen/read has been conflicting.
Does anyone have any experience with the prepared foods? Does anyone use the prepared foods either as the staple food or as a supplement? How well did your geckos take to the prepared foods? (I understand that there will be a learning curve, teaching a gecko to accept prepared foods)
I am asking only about the prepared foods --- of course, live food item offerings should be gut loaded and dusted and a bowl of calcium should always be provided.
Thank you in advance for your kind attention to my questions.
Rivkah
I am thinking about getting another leopard gecko. It has been a number of years since owning my last one. With my first one, crickets were the staple food, supplemented with mealworms and wax worms. In the early 1980s, Robbie Hampton did determine that mealworms could also be used as a staple. Yep... I go way back.
I am at that point that I really don't want to deal with crickets. Regardless of how careful I was, there were always some free roaming crickets around the house. And I am not interested or ready to culture dubia roaches.
I have been trying to get opinions about the prepared insectivore foods such as Repashy or Pangea. Using it as the staple and supplementing with live food items (crickets, mealworms, wax worms, etc) a few times per month. What I have seen/read has been conflicting.
Does anyone have any experience with the prepared foods? Does anyone use the prepared foods either as the staple food or as a supplement? How well did your geckos take to the prepared foods? (I understand that there will be a learning curve, teaching a gecko to accept prepared foods)
I am asking only about the prepared foods --- of course, live food item offerings should be gut loaded and dusted and a bowl of calcium should always be provided.
Thank you in advance for your kind attention to my questions.
Rivkah