Silkworms????

[geckolvr]

Can Crested Geckos eat silkworms, because I've found a local seller that sell silkworms for cheep and my beardies & Leopards love them....and I was wondering if Cresteds love them????

[crestedjunkie]

I have tried wax worms as a treat and some of them would eat the worms from my hands but unless they were really squirming they didnt generate much interest. Try it out , maybe? Good luck.

[geckolvr]

did anyone successfully feed their Cresteds silkworms? Are silkworms nutritious?

[poison_iv]

yes and yes ... my cresties are pretty picky, but I got a couple of them to eat silkworkms. .. if you can get them cheap go ahead and give it a shot. I paid $1 a piece, and one of my cresties killed almost all of them, but ate none ...

a couple of my females took to them real well though
and yes they are quite nutritious... here's an info/care sheet:

http://www.canadianfeeders.com/products/silkworms.html

I'll probably end up ordering some, cause it's way cheaper than going to a pet store.

[derekls]

Assuming your gecko eats good, and has a good feeding response, you can feed them a few silkworms from hemostats.

Make a puncture in the worm, and touch it to his nose(all this from hemostats), wait till he starts licking the juice from his nose; and you should get a 'feeding response' bite.

I feed all my cresteds from hemostat's with F/T gutloaded crickets.

Good luck.