urgent help on leopard geckos

darkcirca said:
I do a mix with other types of worms for mine, but do not risk catching things outside, I however live outside of Washington, DC, so finding an area not touched by pesticides is almost next to impossible. The next problem in finding these areas is being 100% certain. You will be the first person in the trade that I've heard has used wild caught feeders and recommends them. I never recommend them as often you have no idea if they spray in an area. If your area is certain, then thats fine, go ahead and use them. I breed leos as well and haven't issues.
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Your smart by not feeding your pets insects from city areas. But I catch stuff in areas I know for a fact, have not been sprayed. I live somewhat in the country and grew up on a horse farm so I could catch stuff out in our fields because we didn't spray them. Whats wrong with using your head and catching insects? Just ask around and find out from the land owner if it is safe to catch insects from their fields. Safe, wild food will always be healthier and gut-loaded better then any store bought cricket from Petsmart.
 
Vicious_Fish said:
Your smart by not feeding your pets insects from city areas. But I catch stuff in areas I know for a fact, have not been sprayed. I live somewhat in the country and grew up on a horse farm so I could catch stuff out in our fields because we didn't spray them. Whats wrong with using your head and catching insects? Just ask around and find out from the land owner if it is safe to catch insects from their fields. Safe, wild food will always be healthier and gut-loaded better then any store bought cricket from Petsmart.
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I don't have farm land or any large land plots within an hour drive, so it just isn't worth it for me. I often order my products and gutload them myself, or pick them up at a reptile show. I know a lot of people live in city areas and take the feeding wild caught insects as a "go down to the park and pick some up", and I'd rather not deal with that case with someone. Right now with a gecko being underweight, mixing all types of food is ideal. Maybe even fishing out the money for Phoenix Worms---they are worth it.
 
I used to feed mine suoer meal worms and dusted crickets I also used the calcium sand and had the proper lighting spectrum, and a heat mat thats a must in order for them to properly digest there food. Also make sure you have the right humidity levels so the they dont get dehydrated.
 
if the leo is underweight I would feed crickets, mealworms, waxworms, and if availible silkworms (the best out of all those listed by far in nutritional value). NEVER keep leos (or any other herp) on calci sand, they will eventually get impacted and die, if you use sand then sifted playsand is best. make sure that you dust w/ a good calcium dust (should be 100% calcium) and make sure that heat is good (should have a substrate SURFACE, measure w/ a digitl probe thermometer, or 80-88*F) and be sure that their is a shallow water dish filled w/ water at all times. \

also, forget about the misting, it dosent help, just increases humidity. make sure to also provide a moist hide box and keep the encosure clean, I would recomend a sterile enviorment w/ paper towel substrate, a water dish, a dish for worms, and a reptile heat pad on the cool side of the tank (basking lights and UVB arent needed). make sure that there are never any uneaten crickets, they will feed on the gecko when she sleeps, and make sure that there are no other leos in w/ her (especially not a male).

I would also recommend joining as many herp forums as possible. geckos unlimited, the reptile rooms, and beardeddragons.com (post in the reptile section) are all great forums!
 
also, I notice that johnp2152 recomend keeping up humidity levels, leos need very low humidity levels because they live in the desert, tho they do need a moist hide (should be on the warm side, and another dry hide on the cool side)
 
moonstream said:
also, I notice that johnp2152 recomend keeping up humidity levels, leos need very low humidity levels because they live in the desert, tho they do need a moist hide (should be on the warm side, and another dry hide on the cool side)
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No he said to keep the right humidity levels, not high humidity levels.
 
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