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 Posted - 13/04/2009 : 13:47:07
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marmite my leo will not eat mealies for love nor money :( im trying to balance her diet a little but she doesnt even look at them twice, she goes mad for crix and loves the odd locust but thats all shel eat.. any ideas on how to start her with mealies desides starvin her until she will eat lol
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Posted - 13/04/2009 : 14:33:29
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| Em, perhaps, try and hold the mealy in a pair of feeding tongs and wave them about in front of her? Wait until she licks it to work out what it is then you'll see her click that its food. |
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Posted - 13/04/2009 : 16:19:01
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| tried it.. she licks it and turns her head lol.. kinda cute but anoying. ive done it 5 ot 6 times nw and shes not interested |
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Posted - 13/04/2009 : 17:29:12
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| My two are the same - as long as they're health on the crickets and locusts i wouldn't stress too much. You could always try the odd waxworm too. |
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Posted - 13/04/2009 : 17:54:12
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wont the see waxworms the same way she sees mealies?
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Posted - 13/04/2009 : 18:03:53
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| Might do but mine do tend to eat them when i get some in, they have a very high fat content though so be careful how many you feed. |
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Posted - 13/04/2009 : 18:05:05
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| ok thanks for the advice, ill give her a try :D |
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Posted - 13/04/2009 : 21:44:38
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| mine wont touch mealies either ive tried several times... she loves the odd waxworm though and takes them from my hand |
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Posted - 15/04/2009 : 04:17:17
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| Hehe, I've yet to hear of a leo that doesn't love waxworms ^^ |
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Posted - 15/04/2009 : 19:24:49
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| same here with my leos. When i got one of my girls she was raised on mealies, but my male who ive had since a hatchling was raised on crickets so i started to feed her on crickets too. now she wont even look at a mealie....my theory is that crickets must taste nicer for them. Waxworms are the chocolate for leos and most lizards, dont over feed them otherwise they will get addicted |
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Posted - 15/04/2009 : 23:26:59
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| Ah, yeah..I think I've noticed that they seem to love crickets too...which sucks, since crickets are disgusting little *$£^%£%. I mean, I don't mind any other sort of livefood, hell, waxworms are cute, but I hate crickets >.> |
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Posted - 16/04/2009 : 13:16:51
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| crickets are a pain and stink if one or two die, its a pain because im a student so my snake and leo (plus laurens new mice) are living in the same room, this means the crickets are in herer 2, half the time it stinks of rotting crickets and i h8 it, on the upside i think ive found a solution, marmite loves locusts! she ate a few and didnt look at crickets for a while, so i think im goin 2 stop with the crickets, maybe once know and again but locusts FTW :D |
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