Hi,

My leo has stopped eating crickets (licks them then walks away) and will only eat mealworms at the moment. I went to get some more mealworms today and got her some waxworms as well. How many waxworms should I give her at a time and how often as I know they should be fed as a treat only? Ella is 8 months old.

Thank you
Amanda

As a general guide.. NONE if it interferes with normal feeding of crix, mealies... BUT i think 3 is ok...
but not every feed, maybe one for every 4 crix or mealies but only say twice a week [if you feed leo daily] basically about a 3rd of feeds.

Havin said that as long as you know crix are best, mealies are virtually as good [assuming you gutload your live food, dont need to waxies really though] but can be harder to digest and waxies are fattening then you should eb abel to suss it out ok yourself and keep your leo perfectly content and healthy.

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Thank you. Ella used to have crix every other day but for some reason just went off them! I leave mealies in there every day for her (changing them everyday so they are gutloaded) and she has a nice fat belly and tail. She is my first ever reptile so I am still on a learning curve but she is still here after 4 months and growing well so I must be doing something right. She is a real sweetie and seems to be doing ok on just the mealies though I worry about their nuitritional value compared to crix. I am trying to over come my fear of locusts as I know they are meant to be a good alternative to crix.

Amanda

Yeh locusts are a bit of a pain with there super abilities to climb up anything [out of the baggy when putting them in grr] but they are good if you can use them yeh.

Im sure your doin a great job yeh.
Best of luck.

Our first leo ate crix for the first few months now he hardly will... 4 we got recently really only eat mealies and we got a baby albino yesterday who being too small for mealies.. thankfully took crix lol..
So a bit of a mix.
I think its true many leos and other lizards can be a right pain and only eat mealies for periods.. nightmare really.

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Thanks for the reassurance that it isn't just me that happens to. I went to the reptile shop today and was like a kid in a sweetie shop..oh to have the space, money and experience to know what I am doing!!.

Thanks again
Amanda

coming upto winter last year, my leo went off crickets altogether, but would still only eat wax worms. I was advised by a few people to feed him as normal for a few more weeks then stop, and not feed him for a period of weeks. This was to simulate the winter and hybernation. After that we put nothing but crickets in and he is eatin crickets to this day. I hope he does not go through the same thing this year as i don't like doing it.