(06-03-2012, 01:28 PM)Fishbone Wrote: Leopard geckos don't need UVB Ram. They are almost completely nocturnal in the wild, and can do fine with D3 through their diet.
(06-03-2012, 11:44 AM)amanda509 Wrote: i use stickytongue farms brand, im not sure if your familiar with it, i have the outdoor formula which is d3 free, and the indoor which contains d3, but im not sure how much. should i put a little bit of both in the bowl with the worms? and i feed the crickets miner-all once a month so my chameleons get the vitamins through them, would the same work for the geckos? and how much should each be eating? all i have are superworms and crickets, ill be stopping at the bait store to get mealworms tomorrow
I would put the one with the D3 in a dish inside the tank. I had never heard of that brand. I just looked it up, and the indoor formula says it has 4,400 iu of D3, I assume that means 4,400 iu/lb, that is not high, and it has a higher percentage of calcium, so it looks like a very good product. They do need some D3, if you use a multivitamin, they can get it from that, or they can get it from the calcium supplement. So I would use the indoor formula with them for everything.
I would still get some form of multi vitamin to add once a week or so. That Vit All they make looks like a good product. Is that what you feed the crickets? You only gutload the crickets once a month? Is that good for chameleons?
They don't look thin, but they look like they could use a little weight. I would feed them daily for a while. Or maybe 5 times a week. It may take them a few days to settle in like anything, but they may eat. If they will eat crickets and supers, I wouldn't worry with the mealworms unless you really want to. Those are both fine. Supers will fatten 'em up quickly. Crickets can be a pain, if they try to hide in places the geckos can't get them, but nutritionally are probably the best of the three feeders, especially if gutloaded.
i gutload constantly because my chameleons eat every other day, but i change the formula up every week, and the last week of the month i add the vitamin to it because jackson's chameleons are prone to over supplementation. but i can put a special batch aside for the geckos every week i had a bowl of superworms in there, but they all escaped their bowl -.- so im not sure if they ate any...about how many superworms or crickets should each be eating?
