guys I have a question, I heard from a friend that if I want to feed my leo with giant mealworms I would need to smash the mealworm head so that it wont hurt the animal, is that true? like it sounds kinda exagerated, he also said that its rare but he heard some cases that the animal got the belly hurted by the mealworm 💀
#Giant mealworm hurts the gecko?
surreal creek
fluid sand
NTA, but for mealworms, no.
solemn estuary
for future reference you don't need to post a question more than once
(its being answered in another channel don't worry)
fluid sand
gotcha
surreal creek
ye, its cause i thought I did wrong cus I remembered that when I asked a question in the chat they said to me to ask it here, but it was long time ago
I will delete the post here
solemn estuary
it is preferred to ask here! but since you posted in leos already its best to keep it in one place
surreal creek
ye, also ty for answering me
solemn estuary
no problem at all!
surreal creek
as we are here I have another question
My vet said that my gecko is too small for her age, I thought I was feeding her well but my mom insisted to me to give her more food, I was feeding like 1-2 roaches per day or like, if she doesnt wanted to eat I just skip the day, it was like 4 times a week 1-2 roaches, but my mom said to me to feed the maximum that my gecko can eat, now she is eating like 4-6 roaches per day and almost every day, Im almost sure its wrong but I need to be sure
solemn estuary
how old is she?
- could you send a photo of her standing upright on a flat surface?
surreal creek
ok
surreal creek
how old is she?
she is 1 year now she was born august 4° 2024
i will send a photo just wait a bit
solemn estuary
how much does she weigh also?
surreal creek
how much does she weigh also?
I dont remember, im not with the scale here
the photos
more pics
fluid sand
!weight
ornate walrusBOT
fluid sand
Yeah she does look a little skinny, to my untrained eyes
surreal creek
ye I have the weigh indicator but idk if its accurate
solemn estuary
ok so actually I'd take her to the vet and get xrays done
as well as swap out that substrate immediately for paper towel
surreal creek
ok
solemn estuary
has she been pooping regularly?
solemn estuary
I am not at all a professional or a vet however she looks bloated to me
livid sonnet
visually she looks relatively okay to me. maybe a tiny bit smaller than ideal but nothing underweight.
also you're aware she's an albino yes
surreal creek
ty but I will feed her a bit more
surreal creek
also you're aware she's an albino yes
albino?
livid sonnet
surreal creek
I thought she was a jungle bell
livid sonnet
bell is the albino strain C:
Bell albino. named after the person who made the strain
surreal creek
oh
as u can see im kinda new in this
ty very much
I need more classes
cus I really want to know more
also peachy, the substrate, paper towel right?
livid sonnet
ye
surreal creek
I would rlly like to keep this one but prolly could dmg her so I will change it