[Venomous Poison]

well ive jus given locusts to my geckos for the first time,my female doesnt seem interested in eating for some reason but the male wolfed them down.... gannet!!!! felt abit cruel pulling there legs off though.does this HAVE to be done or not???

 

[caine7]

the large one needs the legs pulled off but most of the small ones shod be fine

 

[Venomous Poison]

well they look like locusts but the woman said theyre size 3 hoppers but the quite big....im confuffled

 

[BADGERS MUM]

didnt know you had to pull them off,i just do when eddies having a lazy moment........whats the reason for pulling legs off then?

 

[BADGERS MUM]

by the way i buy 3rd hoppers which are tiny,bit bigger than brown crix

 

[Venomous Poison]

these things r huge.someone told me u shud pull the legs off the big ones as they're serrated and it stops them being able to fly/jump as they cant take off or something like that

 

[caine7]

its stops the spikes on the big one legs hurtin the gecko gut a few of my leos splits the big one out if i leave the legs on but eat dem grand without dem

 

[BADGERS MUM]

possibly abit big for leos,locust tend to be pinkish the 3rd hoppers are really good,in my pet shop the 3rds are only 2quid for a tub of 15-20 but the big hoppers or locust are 25/35p each and they grow so quickly ive found the small ones better for eddie tho

 

[Venomous Poison]

p paid 3 quid for a tub there yellow ad black me thinks lol

 

[caine7]

leo

i get my food of livefoods i get a half bag for 5 pound which is really good for value

 

[Venomous Poison]

i dont think i use enough to by a lot in one go i onlyy have the 2 geckos so if i buy too much food it just starts dyin

 

[BADGERS MUM]

trouble is ive only got 1 leo so cant buy bulk id be over run with locust lol,i buy a tub of hoppers 1 week and a tub of brown crix the next,theres tons in the crix i buy em small n they last easy a fortnight he eats roughly 10 crix/6-8 hoppers or 4-6 waxies each night but after 10 days the hoppers are getting too big