Waxworms as Feeder Insects
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- Опубликовано: 17 дек 2020
- Hey everyone! In today's video I want to talk about waxworms as a feeder: what they look like, where you can get them, how often you should feed them, and so on. Be sure to keep your eyes peeled for videos just like this one about superworms, earthworms, hornworms, dubia roaches, and mealworms- coming soon!
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-Intro & disclaimers 0:01
-1:22 What are waxworms
-4:00 Waxworm nutrition
-6:00 Waxworm addiction
-9:00 How to offer waxworms
-9:50 Waxworm availability
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-1:25 Leopard geckos
-8:46 Fire skink
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-10:29 Leachie gecko
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Oddly enuf, my Leo dislikes Waxworms. Having heard they were “junk-food” I’ve never given him any. When he recently reached 7 yrs of age, as a “hatch day” treat, I thot I’d offer him a couple . He gave me a puzzled look, and did eat one, but with obvious disgust. It was actually quite comical! Your vids are very informative. Thank you for caring for all of those little Leo-Angels of your’s, as well as for the general education you offer.
❤️ WOW Chocho strikes so fast the wax worm just seemed to vanishe!. Renly is so focused. I love Briennes colouration and she has gorgeous eyes. Viserion is such a handsome devil (He is my favourite). Rhaego has fantastic markings. Ygritte is also beautiful and eye catching . Karsi and Tyrion also have really amazing head patterns. Ahhh Roku looks like so shy at first till He gets that first waxworm taste. YEAY Neville..... Ok Viserion is my favourite of your Leos but Neville is my favourite of all your animal friends ❤️
I got my gecko!! He is very social and I don’t mess with him because I got him yesterday but he is still out of his hide a lot and he also has no problem eating for now so he’s or she is doing great
Yay! My favorite RUclipsr posted again :)
I love benjen! His face looks like he's a mini dragon lol.
He looks like Voldemort omg so cute 😂
I think the same of Merlin
Hey I just wanted to say I love your channel! I think I ran into you last week, I think I told you about the 6 geckos I rescued. Anyway I love your videos and the geckos!
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lmao Renly reminds me of my own Mathilde. she is so calm and chill, but when she sees the tweezers coming, she lights up and she goes absolute crazy at the tongs
first time i fed her she almost yanked the tongs out of my hand because i held it so lightly between like 3 fingers, so i learned quick i got to HOLD ON lmao
Almost made it to being first to post lol. RUclips (or my internet is SOOOOOO Slooooow today, great video x
waxworms are Kirby’s guilty pleasure snack 😋
Yay reptiles! Merlin is my fave ever! What do they do in the wild that they're destructive? 💙🌻
Loved the video, all your animals are beautiful, very difficult to pick a favourite, so they're all my favourites lol 👍❤😁
I love the idea with this video. 👍🙂 Merry Christmas
this was a great video loved watching ur critters eat
Here in Mexico we dont have waxworms (At least i've couldn't found them) but i try to switch woth crickets, and mealworms but also dubia roaches are quite rare. So only crickets and mealworms but with a good dosis of calcium and vitamin
thats actually super suprising to hear! dubias and waxwormsare SO common in the states. do you guys have like reptile stores in mexico?
@@lukesoren7688 Total reptile stores? Nope only places like Petco, or Petsmart, you know the big stores and in business its not that common to find dubia roches. Also its not high quality you can search a aquarium i used to work "La Casa de Los Peces" in Mexico City
Awesome video,thank you.
They're all so cute to watch eat but Renly has the most adorable face I've ever seen!!!
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Hey hun .. i am rescuing a dalmation crested gecko from craigslist today . He is 2 years old and it is said that he is extremely agressive , biting , alligator death rolling, lunging at his owners and such .. ive done tons of research including watching your channel and others , getting on gecko forums exct. Preparing myself to give this sweety the best life he can have . He is clearly not being taken care of correctly at the home hes in now ... i plan on re-doing a nice enclosure for this baby ... along with changing his food .. and providing more crickets for enrichment , and something for him to take his agression out on . . He is comming home tonight at 7 and any last minute recomendations... or tips before he comes home are much appreciated ... i value your opinion , and greatly apreciate any advice on anything i may have missed.. i have never dealt with an agressive cresty before , but have owned them in the past
Did Myrcella have another tough ovulation this year? She's so tiny! Beautiful, but tiny!🌻💙
Oh my gosh your geckos are so cute!!
Thanks :)
I'm glad you said as a treat but I wouldn't offer the moths as they are dry and offer no nutrients when they hit moth stage wax worms are good a seldom treat tho as u said maybe once a month or if they are severely under weight I did for one of my jumbo lizards because wax worms offer alot of fat some hydration mainly just fat tho but love this video keep up the good info! 9:01
It’s so hard knowing what to feed your reptiles when you only have petco. I was doing a mix of super worms, meal worms and wax worms and horn worms for my veiled chameleon and now he won’t eat anything but super worms! I wish I could get some dubia roaches even but I only have one place near me and they sell out instantly.
Buy them online :)
aww shes soo Cute!!!
I love renly and brienne ❤️
this is all my leos eat they dont like grasshoppers or meal worms they like dubias but let them live longer then expected but wax worms are they favorites to eat
thank you!
I don’t know if you’ll see this. And before I say this we ARE going to take all of our lizards to the vet we just don’t have jobs at the moment so we don’t have the money right now. But as soon as we have the money we’re gonna take them. And none of these things are threatening issues or I would borrow money and get them seen right away. But I have a bearded dragon and 2 leopard geckos. One of my leopard geckos was a rescue of a house with a lot of dogs and when the people would hold him the dogs would jump up a lot so he has anxiety and doesn’t like to be picked up. But sometimes I think he has some sort of problem because when he eats he often misses the insects a few times before he gets them. And I don’t think he’s blind at least not fully because he does hand out on the one side of his tank and pay attention to us before we go to bed. I’m just wondering what could possibly cause him to miss the insects. He does eat them eventually, sometimes I’ll find one or two dead or roaming the tank that he didn’t get the night before. So I’m just wondering if you have any insight on this. He acts completely normal besides this and him being skiddish and anxious about being picked up. (We try to work with him on getting used to us and out hands without over stimulating him or making him to anxious but it’s going to take some time.)
My male leo only wants mw, pupa, and fresh hatched mw beetles. I can not get him to try anything else
4:21 i have a gecko that looks just like that
Roku is so cool!
game of thrones names, that’s dope.
They're basically bearded dragon mac and cheese
Hello, I jusy need an advice, please correct me if im doing this wrong
I'm feeding my 3months old Leopard gecko (First reptile pet ever) 2-4 mealworms and 2-4 dubia roaches every mondays to saturdays and then every sundays I feed him 2 mealworms, 2 dubia roaches and 2 superworms. Do you think the variety of feeders im giving my gecko is enough? I also do have proper supplements on every feeding.
Will be very happy and will much appreciate it if you can give me even a short reply, TIA! Keep safe and Godbless!
How do you know of your geckos need to be hand fed?
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How do you get the gecko to eat feeder insects with calcium or vitamin powder? Ours won't touch the food when we dust it.
what type gecko and what brand of calcium and vitamin powder are you using?
My leopard gecko stop eating for 4 months. She does not eat mealworm, calciworm, cricket and dubia roaches. That is all I can find in Thailand. She lose weight so vet told me that give her waxworm to increase her weight. Then she eat them. What should I do to make her eat variety of insects. I worry about it.
How do I know The age of my leopard gecko I got her on December 3, 2020 they said she was three months old however I’m not too sure because she was tiny and she still is so I am no idea how to judge on how old she is is it any other way I can figure out how much to feed her how old she is and what her sex is?
She was probably three months old when you got her. There’s no real way to know. I have a video about how to sex your leopard gecko so please check that out
My leopard gecko can't eat good. She goes to grab the mealworm but then she drops it. After she drops it you see something sticking out of her mouth that looks yellow. I'm not sure if she has any mouth infection or anything. She ate a wax worm perfectly fine. Any ideas?
I am legitimately confused by “something sticking out of her mouth that looks yellow”, but I do recommend that you stop feeding wax worms if your gecko is showing food pickiness. They are addictive. Try offering other types of insects like Dubia roaches, crickets, superworms, hornworms.
@@JessicasAnimalFriends Okay. I actually was just her tongue... I took a closer look and the sides of her tongue look yellowish while the center is normal. I should have updated the comment. That was her first ever wax worm. I gave it to her just this one time because she didn't show any desire to eat anything else. She is super skinny.
MY Venus fly trap likes them :)
Hello my name is Katherine. I started following you a few months ago. My son wanted a raptor leopard gecko when he turned 11. We have been having Remy now since then. I need help with my leo he won't eat anything that mealworms. And just recently started eating waxwoms. To be honest I was surprised but very happy. We have tried everything on the menu he just won't have it. Do you have any tips for us? It would be very helpful and another thing he wont take any kind of food from the tweezers. I need to put the mealworms down right next or in front of him for him to go for it. This is the only Way he would eat. Please help us.
Please watch my video about wax worm addiction & my video about why Leo’s won’t eat both are in my leopard gecko care playlist
I have one gecko, I was wondering can you continue feeding a single gecko untill a standard pack (50) untill it runs out but only once or twice a year? Other than that I feed her crickets and mealworms.
Are you asking if you can feed a single gecko a 50 count of Waxworms until it runs out once or twice a year?
Sorry if it wasn't clear. I meant that once or twice a year I buy waxworms, and they come in packs of 50. Can I use up a pack over the course of roughly a month, only feeding her waxworms, or should I feed her waxworms, then crickets, then waxworms and alternate it over the course of a couple of months? The waxworms pupate quite fast though, meaning I sometimes waste a couple although I do feed the pupas.
No I don’t recommend that
Ok I will alternate it then and feed her crickets and waxworms over the course of a Couple of months rather than feeding her only waxworms for a period of time. Thanks for the replies 😊
Hey recently I have my Leo a couple waxworms as a treat since I do every 2 weeks. She gobbled 4 of them and 1 mealworm out of the span of 4 days but now she refuses anything but them it’s only been a few days but I’m worried. What can I do to get her eat since she is on the bit of the leaner side.
You’ll have to be careful with wax worms as it can lead to wax worm addiction. My best suggestion is to restart her diet with hornworms. Because they’re big juicy and enticing, it could get your leo to start eating normal insects again. But do NOT offer wax worms until your gecko has been eating regularly again
@@JessicasAnimalFriends ok I will try to get her to eat some hornworms but she is super duper tiny for her age I’m talking like she looks smaller than geckos that are like 8 months when is right now 11 months. So I’m not sure if they will have the appropriate size for her. But I just bought dubia crickets and mealworms so I will try giving her those before I go get the hornworms thanks for the advice.
@@lilianasanimalzoo2821 you can get hornworms when they are super tiny & grow them to the right size :)
@@JessicasAnimalFriends ok thank you today I am going to try to get one individual hornworm to see if she will even try it since I don’t want extra if she won’t eat it. But if this doesn’t work I will try the method of not giving her food so she will get hungry for maybe 2 days but not so harsh. I will put food in her bowl at all time but not tong feed her like she usually eats for those 2 days
@@JessicasAnimalFriends good news she ate one mealworm today since she started eating every other day now that she is 11 months and did it all herself. But I still will give her a hornworm and get some for my other Leo’s since I heard they are nutrious
So its not bad if they favor the wax worms more than meal worms ? (Leopard geckos) I read they'll get addicted and yeah will get to much fat
It is bad bc wax worms are a treat & not good for a staple diet
@@JessicasAnimalFriends so then its not good thing ? Yesterday mine Didn't want a single meal worm, put a wax worm in front of him and he immediately attacked
@@JessicasAnimalFriends that was the first time he's done that... Is he addicted ? I haven't been favoring the wax worms with him either I swear I was doing more meal worms than wax or just about equal amounts
Wax worms should only be offered once a month
@@JessicasAnimalFriends do they get addicted extremely fast and easily ?
I give my girl wax worms every couple of weeks and she goes NUTS for them!! Other than that I give her mealworms or super worms.
Wax worms make geckos thick 😏
i really don't like to work with waxworms lol, they just pupate to fast
I’m like number 69 👌🏼
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