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i know this is off topic but i really need to know

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CornDude

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i want to know approx it costs to feed 1 adult leopard gecko per week? (in £ if poss :D)
i know this is a corn snake place but i didnt know where else to ask :(
 
Hi,

I give you the price that it would be in pounds but.. I would say feeding my leopard gecko costs maybe $2.00 a week. Which might be a bit of an over estimation.
 
I know nothing about leopard geckos, but the current exchange rate is about a 1.70$ USD per pound. SO that would be around a pound (give or take probably a little less....)

HTH,

Laura
 
i cxan get boxes of food for £1.80 each, so if i was to get 1 crix and 1 Mworms i guess that wud do it for a month right?
 
CornDude said:
i cxan get boxes of food for £1.80 each, so if i was to get 1 crix and 1 Mworms i guess that wud do it for a month right?
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Yea, but of course you would need to keep in mind caging costs, such as changing the UVA/UVB Reptile Bulbs out every 3-6 months.

By a box of crix do you mean freeze dried? Those aren't optimal because they have -much- less nutrients in them than live. Think about it, is a whole fresh apple better for you or dried apple chips? ;)

Also, mealworms aren't the best for lizards as a staple diet. THe calcium to phos ratio is really off, and can ultimately result in calcium being pulled out of the bones to level it off. A good way to counteract this affect is to use reptile Calcium / Vitamin supplements, which you should use anyway of course.

Also the chitlin (the outer shell) in mealies is pretty hard to digest, if using as a treat the absolute best "form" of mealies is right after they shed, and are still soft and squishy.

Just my two cents :)
Ginny

BTW---If you haven't already, invest in a good leapard gecko book and read up on them so you know what you are getting yourself into :)
 
by box of crix i mean tub, by tub i mean live 1s :D
and leos dont need uv as they are nocturnal, they just need calcium/vitamin supliments in their diets :)
 
I know of three - all of which can be purchased from here in the US, but I expect you can get them easily in the UK too.
I have the first one listed.
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CornDude said:
by box of crix i mean tub, by tub i mean live 1s :D
and leos dont need uv as they are nocturnal, they just need calcium/vitamin supliments in their diets :)
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Actually, that's a common misconception. Even though they are nocturnal, it's important to provide the uv bulbs during the day, because they can still absorb it in periods throughout the day. The UV rays allow the gecko to produce vit d3 so even if you supplement with calcium dust, it won't be able to process it without the rays.

We have many many leopard gecko's come into work with MBD (secondary nutritional parahyperthyroidism) because the owner's failed to use a UV source.
 
Actually most geckos don't need UV-B as I have done a study on it in my own home and asked around why most of those geckos have MBD is because they were not given calcium when they were young as almost all baby lizards need calcium when they are Young since they are growing so fast when adults it has been recorded and as I have viewed and witnessed they can live a healthy like without calcium supplements/lighting in geckos in most cases (NOT ALL). I have found out the same goes for most skinks, and believe me I do take the best of care for my animals. These were purely based on my studies I have done and seen similar results from fellow Herpers willing to try it. Please note that I am young but I have been told results were same from other fellow herpers as well.
 
Leopard geckos don't need UV lighting (though that dosen't mean its a bad thing for them either), all you need is to dust the food items with a calcium with vit D added to it. You should also have a small dish of just plain calcium in the tank so it can help itself whenever it wants. Also many breeders as well as the Leopard Gecko Manual say that feeding mealworms is just fine for Leopard geckos.

The Leopard Gecko Manual is the book that I would recomend by the way. :)
 
i am going to use a multi vitamin if i can find 1 that contains both calcium and all the vitamins needed. does any1 know 1 they can recomend for leopard geckos?
 
Corndude - as I said, we use the first book shown, and I would recommend it. We have never used a UV bulb with any of our leopard geckos - including growing hatchlings to adults, and we have never had any MBD issues.

We do always have a dish of calcium in the cage through - the leos are seen licking it from time to time, and I do believe in supplementation.

We mostly feed mealworms, only occasional crickets and silkworms. One of the longest recorded living leos in captivity - 29 years, if I remember correctly, was fed on mealies for his whole life.

Skye
 
so meal worms can make up most of the staple diet? i would dust them once a week, so really as far as feeding goes, a bowl with meal worms and and a few crix jumpin around the viv?
 
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