First, I want to thank all of you who helped me when I was researching the purchase of my gecko and after I bought her. Thanks to your good advice, she's thriving, and here are a couple photos of her to show you. Her name is Na'Toth.
Now for the question: I went to the local pet store, where I bought Na'Toth -- and have been buying her mealworms and crickets since I bought her -- to buy some more mealworms. The guy that got them for me (obviously a different one than I'd been dealing with) proceeds to tell me that I should *never* feed mealworms to leopard geckos because they can eat a hole right through her when they're in her stomach. He claims to have "lost a $200 gecko that way." I know there are some who advise against mealworms (and there are others who feed only mealworms -- we went over all that before) but I never heard of a gecko being eaten by a mealworm from the inside out! Is this even possible? This guy says he breeds leos, so he should know what he's talking about, but that seems a bit extreme to me. He also claims that "almost all of the websites" caution against mealworms for that reason now. I can't find any of those, myself! I bought the mealworms anyway (Na'Toth so far doesn't appear to be any the worse for having eaten quite a few mealworms in the past three months), but I'm not going back there for anything else. Thanks again, Matilda (formerly known as Diane, along with several million other women) _____________________________________________________________ Animail.com - "Saving Animals & the Environment One E-Mail At A Time." Raise money for Animal and Environmental organizations by using a FREE email address from Animail.com! Choose from over 200 options, including: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.Animail.com
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