Reptile Lover’s Thread!!

[fuentemoon]

Don't know how I missed this thread until now! I have had my Iguana Ruca longer then my chickens
I took this pic last night right before her lights shut off and woke her up in the process opps!

 

[fuentemoon]

Bathtime last spring full of non fertile eggs

 

[HuffleClaw]

I got my leopard gecko yesterday. They said to refrigerate mealworms? I did and now they seem waaay less lively. Is that good or bad? The mealworms are his food btw.

 

[HappyDuckie]

I got my leopard gecko yesterday. They said to refrigerate mealworms? I did and now they seem waaay less lively. Is that good or bad? The mealworms are his food btw.

Mealworms are refrigerated to keep them in mealworm stage, so that they don't turn into larva and beetles.

 

[HuffleClaw]

Mealworms are refrigerated to keep them in mealworm stage, so that they don't turn into larva and beetles.

Ohhhh... okay. Smart.

 

[HuffleClaw]

Bathtime last spring full of non fertile eggs

Shes so pretty!

 

[HappyDuckie]

Ohhhh... okay. Smart.

It's much more cost efficient to make a mealworm farm than buying them.

 

[CSAchook]

I got my leopard gecko yesterday. They said to refrigerate mealworms? I did and now they seem waaay less lively. Is that good or bad? The mealworms are his food btw.

They will get lively again when they warm up. Pull however many you need out of the container and put them in a little dish for 10-15. They will perk right up.

ETA: My leo will only eat wiggly food lol.

 

[CSAchook]

It's much more cost efficient to make a mealworm farm than buying them.

I think it partly depends on how many you need. I like to feed my leo a mix of bug types so I only need 20 or so meal worms a week (sometimes less). So I prefer to just buy 1 tub of 100 once a month or so. And I usually order them as part of a combo pack from Rainbow.

Dubias on the other hand are super spendy, even in small quantities, so I have a colony of those.

 

[HuffleClaw]

They will get lively again when they warm up. Pull however many you need out of the container and put them in a little dish for 10-15. They will perk right up.

ETA: My leo will only eat wiggly food lol.

Thank you so much!!