mealworm help

[geckodude]

I've been feeding my Leo mealworms, just letting them loose in the tank and he always eats them, but i've read you shouldn't let them loose and they should always be fed from a dish, is this true??

[freekygeeky]

i have a couple, that will only eat them off the floor, it doesnt matter aslogn as he/she eas them?!

[cazzie]

It's just incase the mealies escape and do not get eaten, they wil burrow into the substre and may possibly eat the tender parts of you rep, e.g. eyes nose ect.

the other problem is, it the leo doesnt have good aim, they may just get a gobfull of substrate, and if this happens to often impaction may occur, i feed my beardie outside of his viv when its mealies, im guessing you could do the same fore your leo.

[R0NST3R]

Well apparently they can eat your lizard if you leave them in tjhere..Never had any problems with the odd few roaming round the bottom of my enclsoure though

[geckodude]

OK thanx, i have him on kitchen roll but will be putting him on to tiles later when he gets older, hopefully this will still be ok to let them loose in the viv. I always remove them if he hasn't ate them all overnight but he normally clears his viv!

[freekygeeky]

i keep mine on no subsrate as i think its best for leos, so that wont hepen with mine.. :P as in burrowing etc etc impaction..

Originally Posted by cazzie

It's just incase the mealies escape and do not get eaten, they wil burrow into the substre and may possibly eat the tender parts of you rep, e.g. eyes nose ect.

the other problem is, it the leo doesnt have good aim, they may just get a gobfull of substrate, and if this happens to often impaction may occur, i feed my beardie outside of his viv when its mealies, im guessing you could do the same fore your leo.

[cazzie]

Originally Posted by freekygeeky

i keep mine on no subsrate as i think its best for leos, so that wont hepen with mine.. :P as in burrowing etc etc impaction..

Ill also have to say check under any hides aswell then, because some do runners and hide at the back of well hides

[TeamX]

we found a little pile of sawdust under a hide one day when cleaning. a stray mealie had burrowed its way into the wood and was busy chomping away. i'm always worried about losing them in the viv 'decor' now.

[dontmugmeoff]

We feed all our geckos on meal worms, put them in a dish with a little bit of dry food, it works for us

[andur]

put enough in for a feed and dont use a substrate then you will keep any problems to a minimum, if you have cork bark in viv they will bore into it and emerge as beetles can be a pain if you use the bark in a setup later