great to see and as always variety feeding is so important. Locusts have a larger gut than smaller livefoods, so the transfer of live gut culture and Gutload is increased. In order to pass this on in a highly bioavailable way we now suggest that they are prefed and hydrated and heated for at least an hour to 32 degree. This then allows the transfer of the gut cultures. A species well worth including within variety feeding and especially good around the breeding months for both species. They are also a larger animal, less are required to fill the animal than smaller livefoods. For me, my go to foods are these locusts, brown house crickets, calciworms and soldier flies. Then morios and waxworms in smaller amounts during the month. I limit roach feeding due to the high level of P, but again, they are fine when measured within variety feeding. Good use of ReVitaliseD3, a nice light dusting.
Oh I just saw your comment and I had actually asked this in a seperate comment, but is there a specific formula to leopard gecko supplementation, ie x mcg of calcium per g of bodyweight or something of the sort? I hate guessing, of course the gutloaded amount is a variable in this but it would tremendously help to have a baseline to work with! I would really appreciate a reply back Also, I have been desperately trying to get my hands on the shade dweller and dhp (in the US) but every company that carries it is out of stock. I have emailed them all (yep I did that) asking if they had a rough approximate date on when it may be back in stock but the ones I've heard back from have not thus far had an answer. Do you have any insight as to when more shipments will be going to the US? And could you possibly give me some more retailer names that carry your products because all I'm looking at right now is reptilesupply, Josh's frogs, bio dude and pangea. Thanks!
How do you best gut load your insects please? I feed a single Leopard Gecko which we have owned for 3 months now and I keep a variety of foods for him inc locusts, dubia, morio and meal worms. I have been making sure they have food in the tubs I am keeping them in on a daily basis but the Retile Network article file I have just read recommends to split the food you intend to feed your reptile 12 hours before and then gut load and hydrate to the maximum. I am using the Arcadia insect fuel, bug gel for hydration plus a variety of veg which is all topped up and they are kept under the Viv. Is my method obtaining sufficient nutritional value to the insects or should I be feeding less often to make sure they are fully loaded before feeding to my Gecko. Many thanks.
@@speedymadr6 i keep reading you are supposed to gutload 24 hrs before feeding Not at all saying I'm 100% sure that's correct, that's just what I keep reading but I'm going to keep looking around if I see any other info out there. But I will primarily be dusting and offering the supplement in a dish so gutloading is secondary to me. Would be nice to get some input. I had my question too but I guess they didn't get the notification about a reply 🙁
ooh thanks for this info, didn't know you have to let them stay for at least an hr to 32 degree. if you leave them 24hrs will that still be considered gut loaded?
@@leopardgeckotalk, I have a question. Please reply. I got a new baby leo last week. She's albino and really hates light. I was wondering this. I did a bunch of research before getting her and when I got her, we bought calcium mixed with vitimen d3. Do I still need to use the uvb lamp( wich is 5.0 lowest I could find) when I use the cal/D3? I don't want to over dose her ,Plus like I said she hates light and is basically living in darkness right now. So my question is as long as she still gets the vitimen d3 do I still need a uvb lamp. I've been taking as much advise from your videos as possible but I can't find anything on what I just said. Please help P.S. I also got her multivitamins.
I feed my geckos locusts more than crickets because to me locusts look less like spiders and I don't like looking at crickets very much My geckos are called Goose and Tokyo and they watch your videos with me and get excited to see food on the screen. Goose and Tokyo say hi 👋
Yesterday I went to my local PetCo to get some things for my leopard gecko I will be getting later this month. While there I very surprised when I saw the food in every tank had been dusted. They all used reptile carpet, non sand in sight, I didn’t even see sand to be bought. All of the tanks were a good size for a temporary tank. They all seemed to be happy and active. So shout out to my local PetCo. I wish all of them could do that.
Reptile carpet isn’t a good substrate since it catches their teeth and claws and harbours bacteria. Unfortunately your Petco most likely still gets their animals from mills. It’d be best to avoid buying animals from them.
@What the Gracie girl please replace that sand it won't change anything that its vitamin sand if the gecko eats it he will get impacted. Vitamin sand or not.
Hey Rebecca, You inspired me to get a leo 2-3 years ago and shes still going good. I now own 17 pets... 3 quails, 2 cats, veiled chameleon, rat, 7 mourning geckos, 2 dart frogs. Just wanted to say thank you and you helped me so much with my leo! Very inspiring!
@@leopardgeckotalk Really cute birds! I lost my boy 2 weeks ago but he was the calmest bird I've ever had. The girlies are very shy so I don't try to 'pet' them. Really fun raising them though, defiently do it one day!
I only give my geckos one Locust as a treat if they eat there meal (which is either mealworms or crickets) I got my gecko on the 24 of december 2021 so I'm still new
Damn the way Gizmo dove for the locust so enthusiastically made me laugh. Also my leo has done the same thing as Minnie, just chomps my finger instead of the food or gets my finger along with the food (good thing it doesn’t hurt lol). I’m glad he’s not super picky, but I switch up his food and mix up different bugs in his meals just so he gets a variety.
The fact you have the courage to pick the locust up 🙈 I have 2 geckos and I never hand feed them because it terrified me that Shark will bite me 😂 (she’s 5 and looks like Minny/Minnie lol) and Cheese would ignore me (she’s yellow lol)
My parents are finally allowing me to get a Leopard gecko and I’m so hyped! I’m getting it from a website called black water reptiles. It is going to be a hatchling and I’m very excited, I’ve done so much research especially watching your videos, some more then once! Thank you so much!! You’re so kind and a lizard queen!
Please don’t buy from backwater reptiles! They’re a mill, and their animals often arrive sick or dead. Check morph market, just research the breeder before buying. It’s better to buy from smaller hobbyist breeders rather than large scale breeders.
I wish we were able to get these in the US. I think my geckos would like them and i have a larger tarantula that these would be the perfect size for (I have feed like four large cricets for her to get a decent meal)
I used to feed my Leo Tate (he passed away in april 2019) locust all the time as I dont like crickets and I find them more mean than the locust. my Leo loved them and found great fun in chasing them around all night!! Glad to see your Leo's enjoying the new food :))
Im just hanging out with my gecko and he fell asleep on my bed so I left him for a bit because its late and ik he was going to wake up in a min..he woke up and got spooked by the scream you did when you got bit lol
i feed locusts pretty frequently because my baby leo doesn't like crickets but absolutely loves locusts and as i've only got the one gecko i get a box of them and that along with mealworms will last me around a week but we have a pet shop really near by so we just go weekly to get them.
We've had our boy Gizmo for about a month and locusts are his favourite, it's great you can get them in different sizes to suit the age of your gecko .
I used to get mine in bags, locusts are my bearded dragons favourite since they are slower than crickets (they jump further but they don't scuttle about and hop like crickets, so my beardie and cresties find them easier to hunt!). I now buy a few tubs since she's on larger size, I go through 3 tubs of locusts and 3 tubs of crickets weekly among my animals. Hoping my future leopard gecko will like them too!
Sooo cute! If you haven’t already, I think it would be so cool to set up a Facebook group that acts as a forum for all your fans to post photos, ask questions and help each other out? 😄
I’m very glad you made this video!!! I think locust are so under rated!! I get my locust for my geckos and bearded dragon and they love them!!!! My Leopard Gecko actually prefers them over crickets💓I get mine from my local pet shop they are 3 packs for £5😊
Thanks again for sharing. From research it appears that Locusts are not allowed as livefeeders in the US due to agricultural damage, however, they are apparently common in Europe and UK. On Wikipedia it states that "North America is currently the only continent besides Antarctica without a native locust species." en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust
These are what I feed my gecko mainly (she eats a lot more insect species because variation) since I find crickets so problematic. She loves them. They are more colourful so she can see them a bit easier. I offer 4 myself.
We feed Max our Leopard Gecko on Locusts and tend to buy a tub every few weeks as he is pretty good and is happy to eat Dubia's, meal, morio and wax worms so a really good variety.. He weighs 81g and tends to eat about 4 or 5 Locusts in a sitting and we buy the large locusts.
Also if you house crickets with locust apparently the crickets turn into locust (I never tried) and when they legs in the air I think that means they're nearly molting, like how a t flips to molt
My girl Freya is 6 months old, and she will generally take 4 locusts at a time - then during the night will eat about 5 mealworms out of her dish. I've never tried her on crickets, but she eats a rotating staple of mealworms, locusts, silkworms and roaches :)
I buy either small/medium if they are eating or nymphs. I keep a heated tank to grow them on and as I have 8 geckos that eat live food its handy having different sizes of locust for each gecko
One of my geckos favorite food is locusts. Actually the breeder that sold her to me would buy baby locusts when she was baby especially for her. Now she is a massive girl and eats 2 adult locusts
I like feeding locusts mainly because I think my lizards maybe get kinda bored of always eating the same stuff every day. I also once heard they are a bit more nutritious than crickets so I like to use them as a healthy treat instead of always switching to wax/meal/superworms. Another big bonus is that there is no way locusts will breed year round in your house and become a constant pest, except if you live in a warm climate. And lastly I feel like hunting them is a bit more challenging for the lizard than a regular cricket and thus provides more enrichment.
Locusts are not common feeders here in the states, but I was able to get some at a reptile show right before we locked down for quarantine. Then I couldn't bring myself to feed them to my lizards either, because of their faces. (I have plenty of other feeder bugs at all times, so the geckos didn't go hungry.) I tried to breed the locusts, thinking if I had enough of them I wouldn't feel guilty for feeding them off, but they didn't breed for me and died after a few months. Ah well.
I'm so irrationally scared of locusts/grasshoppers. They are too big for me to feel okay just smashing them, but they also are so incredibly unpredictable when trying to shoo them out. Their little eyes and mouth really got me messed up! I CANT
this is great to see somebody having a large enough enclosure for their gecko, you’re very enthusiastic about reptiles. I’m new to explore your channel and I see you have great experience. Aswell, I did see that Ziggy had passed, I very dearly am sorry. If you’re struggling, I read up that think your gecko climbing logs etc to get to a rainbow bridge. Where you’ll be waiting for them when you die. Anyways back to the reptile stuff; I use locusts for my 2 almost 1 year-old geckos. They enjoy them so much. I will absolutely agree with you, they are a nightmare with getting them out. I use tweezers, especially made for feeding reptiles and then either jump and their leg falls off. it also depends on what size your locusts are, I’m currently feeding mine medium. 3-8 weeks: 3-4 9-12 weeks: 5 maximum # medium 1y.o: (how much they can eat in an hour) #medium / large locusts 3y.o + : 4 #large / extra large locusts It also depends on the geckos personality if they are a massive foodie I would recommend these x
I feed my leopard gecko Leo locusts as for some reason he really does not like crickets. He completely ignores them. I usually order a box of 50 and they last for a couple of weeks. Leo really loves them. Love your vids 🥰
I offer my Leopard Gecko Morty locusts just to offer him more variety in his diet. I normally feed him 5 to 6 at a time (he is an adult male) I will tong feed him most of them and let him hunt to last few down. I do also have bearded dragons so any that get to big for him don’t go to waste. They work really well for me as Morty won’t eat marrio worms of meal worms so it is nice to offer him some variety. I also only have to buy food for one gecko so 1 tub lasts me a while.
I normally feed my gecko locusts rather than crickets, hes just not into crickets that much, I generally feed about 6 or 7 as that's usually all he wants, but I would say dont leave these in the tank overnight as they easily climb up the walls and ur gecko probs won't find them 😂, they can also be a bit, um, spikier than crickets so they might irritate the gecko if left in with them overnight or anything. Love the video, looking forward to the next one 😊. Also I tend to find locusts won't often eat much fruit and veg other than leaf-type vegetables
One of my leopard geckos was very turned off by the long back legs of the crickets and would not eat them for about a month. Until I decided I would outsmart him. So I cut or pulled the biggest legs off the back of the crickets and now he takes the crickets every time! 😁 He is much healthier now as well. I had just got him so I was glad to have figured him out.😉
I don't like crickets too much, so my leopard gecko eats locust (4 per feeding usually). She eats 3 different type of bugs, so one tube of locust (size 3) is more or less perfect in quantity up untill they are too big to feed. They are still cool to observe after that though, grow really big, the wings developing fully etc.
Locust lift their hind legs because that's their passive resting state. I have leopards geckos also lemon(female) and lime(male) kids named them. Lemon just laid total 10 eggs one hatched named it Nemo.
Hey another update on Elsa I moved her to her new tank with bio dude substrate and slate hides with the deep heat projector just last night so I'm excited to see what she does 😁....once again I wouldn't be here without you and with my first gecko being 13 so thank you 😃😃😃
Mine have been off all feeders but locusts for years! My female will only eat the XL ones for some reason so i have to remove the back legs and crush the heads for her , its grim but she LOVES them. I only give her one every other day/2 days since they're pretty big
i feed my gecko locusts as their main thing in a diet. i tried crickets twice and boy were they a pain and way too big in the shops; we give him mealworms obviously and waxworms as a treat, hopefully morio worms
Hey im so excited just bought a leopard gecko today im so excited your videos have helped me prepare so so much ive thought of some names ill have to tell you them but keep up the awesome vids (i bought a mack snow morph btw)
Can you please try to explain when to feed the calcium, calcium with D3, and multivitamin. I’m doing tons and tons of research and found you where most reliable. I want to make sure my leo lives the best life without MBD and all things like that :)
She actually has a video all about feeding and supplement schedules! Just search up "leopard gecko supplement schedule " on RUclips and you should find what you're looking for :)
Usually for my leo I feed it 3 times then on the 4th feeding day I dust feeder insects with the calcium and multivitamins.. I mix both the powers then put the feeder insects in
Calcium without d3 most of the week, vitamins with d3 for 1 or 2 days per week. Everyone has a slightly different schedule with healthy geckos so don't worry too much about it being an exact science. As long as they get their calcium, vitamins, and d3 during the week you should be set.
Gingerblossom Oh yes! I have watched that, but she doesn’t explain when to use the D3 on the multivitamin. Or is the multivitamin considered the D3? In her description she says she uses 100% normal calcium, Calcium with D3, and a multivitamin. She doesn’t show in her example when she uses the D3
My adult beardie eats 8-10 large locusts every other day. She does better on locusts than crickets. They’re the same price in my local pet shop and you get about the same amount in a box of locusts as you do in a box of crickets. She goes through about 4 a week
hey i weighed my leopard gecko recently and she is only 45grams and she didn't even lay any eggs or go off her food i was wondering if you would know any tips to help her gain weight without feeding a load of fatty foods like wax works
@@leopardgeckotalk yeah i gut load and dust her food ,she's 1 and a half years old now however i am changing her supplements to arcadia earth pro A and calcium pro mg because i was only using calcium with D3 and discovered with the LIFE SAVING help of your channel that thats not enough so hopefully the new supplements will help,Thank you.
Another great food for you geckos and their size is red runner roaches, theyre a good size and dont burrow. My leopards and cresties love them and theyre easy to have a breeding colony
I feed my leopard gecko only locusts because she likes them, She is 2 and a half and the only reason I don't use crickets is because they are loud and look weird, I give her 7 or 8 locusts at a time and mealworms at night but I feed her 2 or 3 times a week :)
I tried locusts with my gecko (Gizmo, yes I have a Gizmo too!), he wasn't overly fussed by them and I didn't like the look of them in all honesty, they gave me the heeby jeebys!! 😂 Had a go with Dubia Roaches and he loves them, they are nice meaty snacks, are silent, odourless (unlike crickets!!) and they last for ages. They are rather expensive but I like to provide a varied diet, so always have roaches and crickets and occasionally waxworms as a treat. Love your videos, generally rely on you for advice and guidance on caring for my little Gizmo, thank you!!
Lmao 🤣 I am so glad you said about the feeding them to your gecko and you can see their faces and don’t like it I say it little prayer 🙏 before I have to sacrifice them. Mine will only eat locusts and meal worms that’s it. Crickets annoy me because of the noise they make especially at night and I found they stink 😷 I find locusts pretty easy to look after bar winter it can get really cold here in the uk so a lot of them die in the first few days. And they are definitely more expensive I pay about £5.25p for 25 of them but there is usually about 30/34 of them. She will go through them in a fortnight but she doesn’t seem to put on much weight 🤔 She is a leopard gecko.
I know this video is quite old, but I feed Locusts on the regular because my mom doesnt want crickets in our house... I only have on leopard gecko but I have to buy one pack of locusts a week... as far as Ive experienced it, my gecko always showed interest in them and has been eating them
Please release an updated convincing your parents video! My mom is on the verge of getting me a leopard gecko and my dad need a bit of work!!!!! I love watching gecks eat :)
Thanks :) It's hard to say for sure because different parents have different reasons they don't want a leo, so you may have to pinpoint what he's against lol
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great to see and as always variety feeding is so important. Locusts have a larger gut than smaller livefoods, so the transfer of live gut culture and Gutload is increased. In order to pass this on in a highly bioavailable way we now suggest that they are prefed and hydrated and heated for at least an hour to 32 degree. This then allows the transfer of the gut cultures. A species well worth including within variety feeding and especially good around the breeding months for both species. They are also a larger animal, less are required to fill the animal than smaller livefoods. For me, my go to foods are these locusts, brown house crickets, calciworms and soldier flies. Then morios and waxworms in smaller amounts during the month. I limit roach feeding due to the high level of P, but again, they are fine when measured within variety feeding. Good use of ReVitaliseD3, a nice light dusting.
Oh I just saw your comment and I had actually asked this in a seperate comment, but is there a specific formula to leopard gecko supplementation, ie x mcg of calcium per g of bodyweight or something of the sort? I hate guessing, of course the gutloaded amount is a variable in this but it would tremendously help to have a baseline to work with! I would really appreciate a reply back
Also, I have been desperately trying to get my hands on the shade dweller and dhp (in the US) but every company that carries it is out of stock. I have emailed them all (yep I did that) asking if they had a rough approximate date on when it may be back in stock but the ones I've heard back from have not thus far had an answer. Do you have any insight as to when more shipments will be going to the US? And could you possibly give me some more retailer names that carry your products because all I'm looking at right now is reptilesupply, Josh's frogs, bio dude and pangea.
Thanks!
How do you best gut load your insects please? I feed a single Leopard Gecko which we have owned for 3 months now and I keep a variety of foods for him inc locusts, dubia, morio and meal worms. I have been making sure they have food in the tubs I am keeping them in on a daily basis but the Retile Network article file I have just read recommends to split the food you intend to feed your reptile 12 hours before and then gut load and hydrate to the maximum. I am using the Arcadia insect fuel, bug gel for hydration plus a variety of veg which is all topped up and they are kept under the Viv. Is my method obtaining sufficient nutritional value to the insects or should I be feeding less often to make sure they are fully loaded before feeding to my Gecko. Many thanks.
@@speedymadr6 i keep reading you are supposed to gutload 24 hrs before feeding
Not at all saying I'm 100% sure that's correct, that's just what I keep reading but I'm going to keep looking around if I see any other info out there. But I will primarily be dusting and offering the supplement in a dish so gutloading is secondary to me. Would be nice to get some input. I had my question too but I guess they didn't get the notification about a reply 🙁
I didn’t actually read your comment foley it’s too long so yeah xD
ooh thanks for this info, didn't know you have to let them stay for at least an hr to 32 degree. if you leave them 24hrs will that still be considered gut loaded?
becca: "here's a worm"
minnie: *f i n g er*
story of my life 😂😂
miss.jaiden, I just use tweezers, and basically prod the food with my finger
Aishik Sinha I used to use the tweezers they came with until my dad broke them 😂
Lol
Sorry about laughing at the finger chomps but this was hilarious to watch 😁
haha i'm used to it now, especially with Minnie lol
@@leopardgeckotalk, I have a question. Please reply. I got a new baby leo last week. She's albino and really hates light. I was wondering this. I did a bunch of research before getting her and when I got her, we bought calcium mixed with vitimen d3. Do I still need to use the uvb lamp( wich is 5.0 lowest I could find) when I use the cal/D3? I don't want to over dose her ,Plus like I said she hates light and is basically living in darkness right now. So my question is as long as she still gets the vitimen d3 do I still need a uvb lamp. I've been taking as much advise from your videos as possible but I can't find anything on what I just said. Please help
P.S. I also got her multivitamins.
@@leopardgeckotalk plus if she does need a uvb lamp. It would be a waist because she won't bask in it.
Kathleena Millican, you shouldn’t have any type of heat lamp in your Leo’s enclosure
It happened to me too.
Minnie: 3
Fingers: 0
haha 😂
That pic makes this comment terrifying.
Minnies my dogs name
Minnie is my fishes name
“The locus butt looks like a worm”
Leopard gecko- 2020
😂🤣
Geo the Leo I think the locus looks like a grass hopper
Factual 👌🏻😂
Nicole Frank true
@@nicolefrank4774 well a locust is just another type of grasshopper
Rebecca: Don’t eat my finer eat the locusts
Minnie: *e a t f i n g e r*
*m mM m skIn tasTeE*
I feed my geckos locusts more than crickets because to me locusts look less like spiders and I don't like looking at crickets very much
My geckos are called Goose and Tokyo and they watch your videos with me and get excited to see food on the screen. Goose and Tokyo say hi 👋
I don't like feeding locusts because when they die they look...Aaaaaaaahhhhdidkdfqjwud
I can't bear to look at locust carcasses
Onion Face ugh same!! I just prefer a variety worms, can’t handle jumpy things!!
@Onion Face oh I thought Dubia roaches were the cleanest feeder insects-
Awww 🙈 the last 3 locusts got eaten last night and I felt so bad
Leopard Gecko the big faces 🥺🥺
Leopard gecko: I think she likes it.
“ she likes it!!, she likes it!!”
😂😂
Yesterday I went to my local PetCo to get some things for my leopard gecko I will be getting later this month. While there I very surprised when I saw the food in every tank had been dusted. They all used reptile carpet, non sand in sight, I didn’t even see sand to be bought. All of the tanks were a good size for a temporary tank. They all seemed to be happy and active. So shout out to my local PetCo. I wish all of them could do that.
Mine is like that too
Reptile carpet isn’t a good substrate since it catches their teeth and claws and harbours bacteria. Unfortunately your Petco most likely still gets their animals from mills. It’d be best to avoid buying animals from them.
@What the Gracie yea it isn’t the best, but better then sand
@What the Gracie girl please replace that sand it won't change anything that its vitamin sand if the gecko eats it he will get impacted. Vitamin sand or not.
3:33 Gizmo’s face the whole time: 👁👄👁
Mark VaZ 👁👅👁
😂😂 yes!!
🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣😂🤣😂😀😂🤣😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😀😂😂😂🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂
Minnie sees locus: nothing
Minnie sees finger: *munch*
5:35 is definitely the best part of the video haha!
haha
Did it hurt??
Hey Rebecca,
You inspired me to get a leo 2-3 years ago and shes still going good. I now own 17 pets... 3 quails, 2 cats, veiled chameleon, rat, 7 mourning geckos, 2 dart frogs.
Just wanted to say thank you and you helped me so much with my leo! Very inspiring!
Aww wow, that's awesome. My boyfriend really wants quails 😅
@@leopardgeckotalk Really cute birds! I lost my boy 2 weeks ago but he was the calmest bird I've ever had. The girlies are very shy so I don't try to 'pet' them. Really fun raising them though, defiently do it one day!
I only give my geckos one Locust as a treat if they eat there meal (which is either mealworms or crickets) I got my gecko on the 24 of december 2021 so I'm still new
Damn the way Gizmo dove for the locust so enthusiastically made me laugh. Also my leo has done the same thing as Minnie, just chomps my finger instead of the food or gets my finger along with the food (good thing it doesn’t hurt lol). I’m glad he’s not super picky, but I switch up his food and mix up different bugs in his meals just so he gets a variety.
Ikr 😂 ah yeah variety is best :)
I love this 😂😂😂
I feed 3 locusts every other day to my gecko Loki, I buy three tubs a time and they last me about 2 weeks
I guess your leopard gecko loki likes them. Pun intended (if you didn't notice loki or how it sounded in my mind low key
@@crunchy9093 he's not so Loki about liking them, he goes mad for them 😂
Ah nice :) maybe I fed too many 🙈
@@leopardgeckotalk hi, can you do a short video of you booping your leopard gecko's noses. It would be cute/funny/idk if you would do itn
Loki is a great name for a gecko. My Leopard Gecko's name is Tango. I also have a Crested Gecko named Rico.
this is the wholesome content i needed today, thank you!
No problem :)
"look at that little face" *BITE* "OH"
Hi leopard gecko thank you for everything you do and I’m going to get a leopard gecko soon because of you 😀
Aw awesome! Good luck :D
Omg same, she's really helped me learn more about leos
This is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen! Your reactions are priceless!!!
The fact you have the courage to pick the locust up 🙈 I have 2 geckos and I never hand feed them because it terrified me that Shark will bite me 😂 (she’s 5 and looks like Minny/Minnie lol) and Cheese would ignore me (she’s yellow lol)
Their teeth are so tiny it dosnt hurt wgen they bite😆
My parents are finally allowing me to get a Leopard gecko and I’m so hyped! I’m getting it from a website called black water reptiles. It is going to be a hatchling and I’m very excited, I’ve done so much research especially watching your videos, some more then once! Thank you so much!! You’re so kind and a lizard queen!
Please don’t buy from backwater reptiles! They’re a mill, and their animals often arrive sick or dead. Check morph market, just research the breeder before buying. It’s better to buy from smaller hobbyist breeders rather than large scale breeders.
Fiona Shepley thank you very much for the information I will check out breeders!
I wish we were able to get these in the US. I think my geckos would like them and i have a larger tarantula that these would be the perfect size for (I have feed like four large cricets for her to get a decent meal)
Aren't locusts available in the US?
@@leopardgeckotalk locust are invasive in the US so only us Brits can use them
@@meowpurrr invasive? So theyll infest your tanks? Why are they not like that in uk?
@@user-zq6yz5gf6d they're invasive like burmese pythons, tegus, and iguanas are in Florida
oh yeah my tarantula loves them
I used to feed my Leo Tate (he passed away in april 2019) locust all the time as I dont like crickets and I find them more mean than the locust. my Leo loved them and found great fun in chasing them around all night!! Glad to see your Leo's enjoying the new food :))
Aw I'm so sorry to hear about your leo :'( I'm glad he/she loved locusts though 💕
@@leopardgeckotalk thank you so much means a lot ❤❤:)
haha mini with the finger chomping sorry I'm laughing it was just so funny lol :D
Im just hanging out with my gecko and he fell asleep on my bed so I left him for a bit because its late and ik he was going to wake up in a min..he woke up and got spooked by the scream you did when you got bit lol
My daughter is wanting a leopard gecko and your videos have been very helpful. I really enjoyed this one.
my crested gecko passed away yesterday 🥺 i got 2 anoles though they are very cute
Domiiniic sorry to hear that
I'm soooo sorry Domiiniic
Aww I am so sr to hear that I had an anole before they are awesome
Sorry for your loss, loosing a pet is very hard.
😭😭😢
I loved Leopard gecko ever sense I was a little kid
"Yaass Mini" Mini is a queen
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i feed locusts pretty frequently because my baby leo doesn't like crickets but absolutely loves locusts and as i've only got the one gecko i get a box of them and that along with mealworms will last me around a week but we have a pet shop really near by so we just go weekly to get them.
I only have 1 leopard gecko and i primarily feed locusts, i buy around 3 boxes every week and a half and they last that long aswell. He loves them!
ah nice :)
We've had our boy Gizmo for about a month and locusts are his favourite, it's great you can get them in different sizes to suit the age of your gecko .
I used to get mine in bags, locusts are my bearded dragons favourite since they are slower than crickets (they jump further but they don't scuttle about and hop like crickets, so my beardie and cresties find them easier to hunt!). I now buy a few tubs since she's on larger size, I go through 3 tubs of locusts and 3 tubs of crickets weekly among my animals. Hoping my future leopard gecko will like them too!
Sooo cute! If you haven’t already, I think it would be so cool to set up a Facebook group that acts as a forum for all your fans to post photos, ask questions and help each other out? 😄
Ah maybe, I already have a fb page, but fb doesn't seem to get as much reach, I'm not sure if many people would join the forum lol
Leopard Gecko yeah that makes sense, RUclips and Instagram are more powerful platforms and u rock them!! Thanks for replying🦎
minnie cracks me up. she's priceless lol
Got leopard gecko 3 days ago 3 months old eating well and very cute jungle morph with blue around eyes
I’m very glad you made this video!!! I think locust are so under rated!! I get my locust for my geckos and bearded dragon and they love them!!!! My Leopard Gecko actually prefers them over crickets💓I get mine from my local pet shop they are 3 packs for £5😊
Ah very nice!
Thanks again for sharing.
From research it appears that Locusts are not allowed as livefeeders in the US due to agricultural damage, however, they are apparently common in Europe and UK. On Wikipedia it states that "North America is currently the only continent besides Antarctica without a native locust species."
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust
This is true, on the other hand, we are not allowed horned worms, which we would love over here :-) so its 6 and two 3s.
We love a Acardia surpporter
These are what I feed my gecko mainly (she eats a lot more insect species because variation) since I find crickets so problematic. She loves them. They are more colourful so she can see them a bit easier. I offer 4 myself.
Ah right so I got the number of locusts about right? :')
Maybe. I might have to check up on it though
We feed Max our Leopard Gecko on Locusts and tend to buy a tub every few weeks as he is pretty good and is happy to eat Dubia's, meal, morio and wax worms so a really good variety.. He weighs 81g and tends to eat about 4 or 5 Locusts in a sitting and we buy the large locusts.
I just got a juvenile leopard gecko and he is still not tame so i’m working on that but your videos help me a lot so thanks a bunch
Also if you house crickets with locust apparently the crickets turn into locust (I never tried) and when they legs in the air I think that means they're nearly molting, like how a t flips to molt
THEY ARE THE CUTEST LIL THINGS
Gizmo looks like my Mickey!! Same color, spots, everything 😍
My girl Freya is 6 months old, and she will generally take 4 locusts at a time - then during the night will eat about 5 mealworms out of her dish. I've never tried her on crickets, but she eats a rotating staple of mealworms, locusts, silkworms and roaches :)
This is my favorite video of the year
I buy either small/medium if they are eating or nymphs. I keep a heated tank to grow them on and as I have 8 geckos that eat live food its handy having different sizes of locust for each gecko
One of my geckos favorite food is locusts. Actually the breeder that sold her to me would buy baby locusts when she was baby especially for her. Now she is a massive girl and eats 2 adult locusts
3:30 locust slowly starts his escape plan 😂
yeah 😂
This deffo helped my gecko she loves them now 😋
I definitely try those out and see if my gecko likes them!
Awesome, hope it goes as well as it went for me :)
You: try a locust
Leopard geckos: *FINGERS*
3:25 locus: RUN 🦗💨💨💨💨💨💨💨
Run meme activate*
Naruto!!
haha yes
I didnt even see it running off until i watched that timestamp!
I like feeding locusts mainly because I think my lizards maybe get kinda bored of always eating the same stuff every day. I also once heard they are a bit more nutritious than crickets so I like to use them as a healthy treat instead of always switching to wax/meal/superworms. Another big bonus is that there is no way locusts will breed year round in your house and become a constant pest, except if you live in a warm climate. And lastly I feel like hunting them is a bit more challenging for the lizard than a regular cricket and thus provides more enrichment.
Locusts are not common feeders here in the states, but I was able to get some at a reptile show right before we locked down for quarantine. Then I couldn't bring myself to feed them to my lizards either, because of their faces. (I have plenty of other feeder bugs at all times, so the geckos didn't go hungry.) I tried to breed the locusts, thinking if I had enough of them I wouldn't feel guilty for feeding them off, but they didn't breed for me and died after a few months. Ah well.
I'm so irrationally scared of locusts/grasshoppers. They are too big for me to feel okay just smashing them, but they also are so incredibly unpredictable when trying to shoo them out. Their little eyes and mouth really got me messed up! I CANT
this is great to see somebody having a large enough enclosure for their gecko, you’re very enthusiastic about reptiles. I’m new to explore your channel and I see you have great experience. Aswell, I did see that Ziggy had passed, I very dearly am sorry. If you’re struggling, I read up that think your gecko climbing logs etc to get to a rainbow bridge. Where you’ll be waiting for them when you die.
Anyways back to the reptile stuff;
I use locusts for my 2 almost 1 year-old geckos. They enjoy them so much. I will absolutely agree with you, they are a nightmare with getting them out. I use tweezers, especially made for feeding reptiles and then either jump and their leg falls off. it also depends on what size your locusts are, I’m currently feeding mine medium.
3-8 weeks: 3-4
9-12 weeks: 5 maximum # medium
1y.o: (how much they can eat in an hour) #medium / large locusts
3y.o + : 4 #large / extra large locusts
It also depends on the geckos personality if they are a massive foodie I would recommend these x
So excited about the Locust Exo skeleton *Lol*
omg!!!!! the editing is ooooon point!!!
I feed my leopard gecko Leo locusts as for some reason he really does not like crickets. He completely ignores them. I usually order a box of 50 and they last for a couple of weeks. Leo really loves them. Love your vids 🥰
Ah nice :) I guess having 4 leos the locusts go pretty fast, maybe i'll need more 🙈
Leopard Gecko Yeah aha, defo worth it if it gets your picky geckos to eat!
I offer my Leopard Gecko Morty locusts just to offer him more variety in his diet. I normally feed him 5 to 6 at a time (he is an adult male) I will tong feed him most of them and let him hunt to last few down. I do also have bearded dragons so any that get to big for him don’t go to waste. They work really well for me as Morty won’t eat marrio worms of meal worms so it is nice to offer him some variety. I also only have to buy food for one gecko so 1 tub lasts me a while.
Lol I jump out of my skin when giz grabbed that grasshopper 😅
Omg I have to learn to watch all the vid .. Now mini you all chews up
I normally feed my gecko locusts rather than crickets, hes just not into crickets that much, I generally feed about 6 or 7 as that's usually all he wants, but I would say dont leave these in the tank overnight as they easily climb up the walls and ur gecko probs won't find them 😂, they can also be a bit, um, spikier than crickets so they might irritate the gecko if left in with them overnight or anything. Love the video, looking forward to the next one 😊. Also I tend to find locusts won't often eat much fruit and veg other than leaf-type vegetables
One of my leopard geckos was very turned off by the long back legs of the crickets and would not eat them for about a month. Until I decided I would outsmart him. So I cut or pulled the biggest legs off the back of the crickets and now he takes the crickets every time! 😁 He is much healthier now as well. I had just got him so I was glad to have figured him out.😉
I don't like crickets too much, so my leopard gecko eats locust (4 per feeding usually). She eats 3 different type of bugs, so one tube of locust (size 3) is more or less perfect in quantity up untill they are too big to feed. They are still cool to observe after that though, grow really big, the wings developing fully etc.
Locust lift their hind legs because that's their passive resting state. I have leopards geckos also lemon(female) and lime(male) kids named them. Lemon just laid total 10 eggs one hatched named it Nemo.
I feed mine locust and you can but then in smaller tubs if you want more of them and the leg thing is just something they do
Love your voice and info
Hey another update on Elsa I moved her to her new tank with bio dude substrate and slate hides with the deep heat projector just last night so I'm excited to see what she does 😁....once again I wouldn't be here without you and with my first gecko being 13 so thank you 😃😃😃
Aw that's brilliant to hear :) hope she settles in nicely :)
Bio dude?
Mine have been off all feeders but locusts for years! My female will only eat the XL ones for some reason so i have to remove the back legs and crush the heads for her , its grim but she LOVES them. I only give her one every other day/2 days since they're pretty big
When she put that locust in front of the camera I was like oh heck no not today
6:38 you go girl! 😂😂
My leopard gecko loves locusts. They are the only feeders she will eat which can be expensive. So she only eats 2x a week
So excited
i feed my gecko locusts as their main thing in a diet. i tried crickets twice and boy were they a pain and way too big in the shops; we give him mealworms obviously and waxworms as a treat, hopefully morio worms
Ah fair enough :) I'm so used to crickets, but the ones I got in the post are a little too small atm so waiting for them to grow a bit.
Hey im so excited just bought a leopard gecko today im so excited your videos have helped me prepare so so much ive thought of some names ill have to tell you them but keep up the awesome vids (i bought a mack snow morph btw)
Can you please try to explain when to feed the calcium, calcium with D3, and multivitamin. I’m doing tons and tons of research and found you where most reliable. I want to make sure my leo lives the best life without MBD and all things like that :)
She actually has a video all about feeding and supplement schedules! Just search up "leopard gecko supplement schedule " on RUclips and you should find what you're looking for :)
Usually for my leo I feed it 3 times then on the 4th feeding day I dust feeder insects with the calcium and multivitamins.. I mix both the powers then put the feeder insects in
Calcium without d3 most of the week, vitamins with d3 for 1 or 2 days per week. Everyone has a slightly different schedule with healthy geckos so don't worry too much about it being an exact science. As long as they get their calcium, vitamins, and d3 during the week you should be set.
Gingerblossom Oh yes! I have watched that, but she doesn’t explain when to use the D3 on the multivitamin. Or is the multivitamin considered the D3? In her description she says she uses 100% normal calcium, Calcium with D3, and a multivitamin. She doesn’t show in her example when she uses the D3
My adult beardie eats 8-10 large locusts every other day. She does better on locusts than crickets. They’re the same price in my local pet shop and you get about the same amount in a box of locusts as you do in a box of crickets. She goes through about 4 a week
My gecko goes mad for food! I can get him to walk along my arm for one cricket, it’s quite fun
I generally use locust for my Gecko, Zest, but sometimes she gets a little bored so I buy crickets for her every now and again :)
Ah right, always good to change it up :)
hey i weighed my leopard gecko recently and she is only 45grams and she didn't even lay any eggs or go off her food i was wondering if you would know any tips to help her gain weight without feeding a load of fatty foods like wax works
worms*
wax worms, morio worms and super worms are a good treat for once a week or so. But experiment different foods! do you feed mealworms?
Have you tried cickets or mealworms?
Make sure the food is gutloaded, and dusted. And make sure you're feeding enough. Some geckos are smaller than others. Is your gecko an adult?
@@leopardgeckotalk yeah i gut load and dust her food ,she's 1 and a half years old now however i am changing her supplements to arcadia earth pro A and calcium pro mg because i was only using calcium with D3 and discovered with the LIFE SAVING help of your channel that thats not enough so hopefully the new supplements will help,Thank you.
Haha Cuties. My Leo, she tends to get my finger too lol
This video was so adorable! 😊
I tried locusts to my leopard gecko when I first got her and she didn't approve :D
I use locust my gecko loves them i highly recomend them
Another great food for you geckos and their size is red runner roaches, theyre a good size and dont burrow. My leopards and cresties love them and theyre easy to have a breeding colony
Ah very nice :)
the finger chomps had me dead XD
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I feed my leopard gecko only locusts because she likes them, She is 2 and a half and the only reason I don't use crickets is because they are loud and look weird, I give her 7 or 8 locusts at a time and mealworms at night but I feed her 2 or 3 times a week :)
I tried locusts with my gecko (Gizmo, yes I have a Gizmo too!), he wasn't overly fussed by them and I didn't like the look of them in all honesty, they gave me the heeby jeebys!! 😂
Had a go with Dubia Roaches and he loves them, they are nice meaty snacks, are silent, odourless (unlike crickets!!) and they last for ages. They are rather expensive but I like to provide a varied diet, so always have roaches and crickets and occasionally waxworms as a treat.
Love your videos, generally rely on you for advice and guidance on caring for my little Gizmo, thank you!!
Lmao 🤣 I am so glad you said about the feeding them to your gecko and you can see their faces and don’t like it I say it little prayer 🙏 before I have to sacrifice them. Mine will only eat locusts and meal worms that’s it. Crickets annoy me because of the noise they make especially at night and I found they stink 😷 I find locusts pretty easy to look after bar winter it can get really cold here in the uk so a lot of them die in the first few days. And they are definitely more expensive I pay about £5.25p for 25 of them but there is usually about 30/34 of them. She will go through them in a fortnight but she doesn’t seem to put on much weight 🤔 She is a leopard gecko.
I use grasshoppers 🦗 and my leooardgecko winny likes them more than crickets
Me and my leos love locust :) I'm looking forward to being able to get hold of new ones, as they are hard to come by here.
Hi love your channel and I hope you, your family and your animals are doing well
And the put their back legs up to power their leg muscles
Thank you :) Aw that's cool :)
I know this video is quite old, but I feed Locusts on the regular because my mom doesnt want crickets in our house... I only have on leopard gecko but I have to buy one pack of locusts a week... as far as Ive experienced it, my gecko always showed interest in them and has been eating them
Please release an updated convincing your parents video! My mom is on the verge of getting me a leopard gecko and my dad need a bit of work!!!!!
I love watching gecks eat :)
Thanks :) It's hard to say for sure because different parents have different reasons they don't want a leo, so you may have to pinpoint what he's against lol
@@leopardgeckotalk Mainly the keeping a "wild animal in a cage " part, ive done my best to sort of curve his thought and it has worked but not enough.
Do you add calcium when you dust insects?
huuu they're so adorable!
5:20 you could hear the crunch 😬