Thanks Cyndy, I'll definitely try your suggestions. Now I'm not so worried, we've become very attached to this fellow.
Cathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cyndy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 9:59 AM Subject: Re:[Gecko] Gecko Feeding > Hi Cathy, > A week with out food probably wouldn't harm him, but a he needs water daily. How about a larger water dish? One way you could feed him is put a dish of Zoophoba (the giant meal worms) in his cage. I put a straight sided soup bowl next to a rock so that the leo can look down in it. In the bowl I put Minerall and a carrot or piece of yam. I put 3 zoophoba per day I am going to be gone in the bowl. My leos are thrilled with this set up, I now do it when I am home too. > One day as I was walking by one of my females was looking in the empty dish and the looking at me, just like my dogs do. I think she has bowl feeding figured out. > Good luck, > Cyndy > > > Hi: > > My son purchased a leopard gecko about six months ago and "Iggy" is about 10 months old and about 8" long. He seems very healthly and we feed him crickets every other evening and small meal worms about once a week. He has a healthy appetite. My problem is that we are going away on vacation for seven days and there is no one that we know of who would take the time to go through the feeding ritual, i.e. I usually remove one leg of each cricket and add a vitamin supplement. Then I make sure that any crickets left in the tank after about an hour are removed. I also replace his water dish about every other day. > > Would a week without eating harm the gecko? Perhaps I should try placing dried crickets/meal worms in his tank and see if he eats them (however, he seems to eat only when his food is moving). > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Cathy > > > > > > > ########################################################################### > THE GLOBAL GECKO ASSOCIATION LISTSERV > WebSite: www.gekkota.com Archive: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > The GGA takes no responsibility for the contents of these postings. > ########################################################################### > >
