Unboxing & Setting Up Live Feeder Insects *GONE WRONG*
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2019
- Unboxing and setting up feeder insects for my Leopard Geckos. I ordered Crickets, Mealworms, Morio Worms and Wax Worms. Unfortunately the mealworms did escape!!
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Just a heads up 7:35 is a Dermestid Beetle larva, they're actually flesh-eating bugs! I did a video on them recently, check it out here th-cam.com/video/z-EQIlrIB_A/w-d-xo.html
Leopard Gecko oml. I have them to. I can’t get them out without them escaping tho. Any tips?
I found a few of those in a box of feeder insects. I did not know what they were. Thanks for the information!
Leopard Gecko was just coming to the comments to see if any one else noticed that
where does she get the insects from??
I really wanna see around your house
You have some escape artist mealworms 😂
ikr 😂 my poor postman lol
@@leopardgeckotalk TwT
Quick recommendation for your mealworms; I have a huge mealworm farm that's been running for over 2 years; the best food source that I've been feeding them is meat. Although I also provide veggies and fruit, the little bits of ham I throw in helps to fatten them up and increase their protien value.
ooo i hadn't thought of that. thanks :)
I don't know why but I really like these types of videos 😂 I also like feeding videos
Thank you :)
I raise n breed crickets, so i love watching these vids. I learn new ideas for my own.
ugh I have the bell on but I'm not getting notifications. Hate TH-cam sometimes lol
great vid as always
Thank you! ugh youtube is a pain in the butt.
I agree
I've had superworms escape before, they're really great chewers it's scary 😂😂 they chewed through the breathing holes in the plastic box
Omg yeah I can imagine! They have strong jaws lol
When ever I buy crickets and transfer them in to their box i always get a load jumping around the house ( I'm gonna switch to dubias !!)
😅 I'm very fortunately that my crickets usually just sit on the cardboard lol
I recently switched. My Leo's love them and so do I! No smell, no noise, no jumping, and they have more meat
Ohio Houston YES!
I tried dubias recently, all seemed well. Then, after feeding, I would itch like crazy. Found out that their droppings are incredibly allergenic. Not everyone has the same reaction, but still, I recommend using gloves. If you feed many animals, you might even want to use a paint mask to avoid breathing in any roach debris dust. Sounds crazy. For some reason, as much as I detest crickets, I do not itch with them. I advise you to research the topic yourself and decide what you want to do. If just feeding dubias occasionally, probably not an issue.
Oliver Ince good idea lol
*shakes mario worms* “I feel like I’m doing a cooking channel” 😂😂😂
Did anyone notice the mealworm scooting across the cucumber? Stealth 💯. 7:36
Hi I’m getting a leopard gecko tomorrow and without your channel I wouldn’t have any good knowledge about them
They’re so popular because these videos are pretty rare! You learn what the animal eat & how they live. But not the feeders or how to keep them ! So this is extremely interesting!
ah i see, thanks :)
No problem I’m a new subscriber 😊 I’ve been binge watching for weeks lol I’ve been doing a ton of research before I get my crested gecko & I came across you 🙌🏽😊
I got my leopard gecko about a month ago and your videos have been really helpful.
Ah brilliant, glad i could help :)
If I never found you account I would have gotten information for Petco and that wouldn't end well. Thank you so much for creating an account with all sorts of information!😁😁
With the ammount of animals I have I need to buy crickets in thousands, every single time i tried to "unbox" them inside I would loose atleast 10 and complain about it to my friends for the next week.
Now they are very annoyed every time I speak about the crickets, so.. I put a single cricket in each of there houses as a joke (they were in small screen boxes I made so they wouldn't go everywhere) ((I wouldn't want to loose my friends))
Now, if they annoy me I put a cricket in there house, and it chirps all night. Now they feel my pain 😅
If you got this far, thanks for reading. Also they are all in the hobby yet only with cresties, and snakes so they dont have crickets. (So they are chill with the cricket thing) (it's now a inside joke between us all and everyone thinks we are weird)
Thanks for reading😅
Bye
Omg I can't imagine buying that many lol
I love watching bugs eating 😂
Whenever I get crickets I order 1000 at a time (I’m feeding lots of lizards and frogs) and they are shipped loose in the box. The first time that I had them shipped I had no clue they were loose in the box and opened them on my kitchen counter. I had about 200 Crickets jumping around my house after I opened it. I still always get the few escapees every time I open it.
😲😲 omg haha like in a cardboard box? Imagine trying to pack them 😅
Leopard Gecko yah in a cardboard box. Packing them would be so hard
I am getting a leopard gecko in 2 days and have learned almost everything from your videos
7:36 to 7:50 a worm crawled across the cucumber in the cricket pen 😂
it's a dermestid beetle larva, i've made a video on them, link in my pinned comment :)
Leopard Gecko yeah... i thought it was a mealworm at first till i got further into the video😂
Many exoskeletons= healthy mealworms that are growing and btw they will eat the substrante. Hence why there isn’t much substrate and lots of sheds.
Favourite animal/reptile:GECKOS!!!
I just got this cricket pen today by exo terra that has these tubes the crickets climb into for easier feeding. I always had the issue of one or two crickets trying to evade their demise by hopping out. Looks like I'm not alone. Chubs isn't much of a fan of meal worms..just strictly crickets and wax worms.
ah I've seen things like that - critter keepers? I just find it easier to pick them up, pop them in a bag to dust them with vitamins and minerals, then pop them in :)
I literally love every video you post. About reptile or feeder insects... it’s all very helpful
When the leopard gecko channel turns the title into every youtube vlogger video known to man.
*emotional* *gone wrong* *not clickbait* 😂😂 In fairness, it did go wrong lol
Leopard Gecko Lmao, love your vids
I love your insects.
I got a leopard gecko 3 weeks ago and your videos have helped me a lot thank you
I’ve been wanting a leopard gecko for a long while and you’re videos have helped me learn so much about them!
aw brilliant, glad i could help!! :)
I just got my first leopard gecko today he is so amazing we are already bonding thanks to your tips
I raise n breed my own feeder crickets. But I ordered from Joshs Frogs one time this year and let me tell you. I seen good reviews about them so I ordered wax worms. They came over a week late, box crushed, hot and worms were black, hard and dead. They werent even turning into moths. Just dead. Atleast they did send me a new order faster after I sent numerous pics and emails complaining. The next order died within days. So I wont be dealing with them again. I only tried them because I wanted my dragons to have a diff meal. It sucks that these delivery companies dont care about a sellers product or when the seller doesnt care about the product. Thats why I raise my own crickets. I put up some vids on how I do it. Thank you for sharing this. I love learning new ways.
Could you make a updated supply/care list since you changed a lot of things
I got crested geckos last week and watching ur awesome videos have helped me learn and help my geckos
aw thank you!
My geckos are 2 weeks old
Did what you said. Put cukes in as a rehydrator and the meal worms went for those first. Didn't move on to other veggies until they were properly hydrated. Thank you! I will always use this tip.
ah brilliant! :D
@@leopardgeckotalk You were right about the crunchy dry sweet potato too. I can hear them crunching on it!
I love your videos! Thank u
*GONE WRONG* (ALMOST DIED)
I literally just had the same thing happen today! But not as many came out thankfully. The container is basically overflowing that the lid just pops off very easily.
This channel is so great and I’m always looking forward to the next video on your channle
Thank you :D that really means a lot!
Thankfully haven’t had any escape problems with my insects but I know I read somewhere that if you think they escaped in the box, to plug your bathtub and open the box in there. That way if any get loose, they can’t really go anywhere
Thank you for the great video!
Ah that is true, though I doubt my family will be best pleased with me if i did that lol. Thanks :D
I love these videos they help me a lot with my feeder insects.
aw thanks!
We usually call Morio Worms Superworms in the US.
4:44 lol
I love how you care so much about your crickets even though you feed them to your geckos :)
I got a leopard gecko in January and have been watching u for ages thank u for your videos they have helped me so much
aw that's great! thank you :D
hi im a lizard :) 🦎
Has it been hard caring for it. I am getting mine at christmas!
Wild adventure Boy No not really you just have to keep topping up the water and I suggest feeding it mealworms and as a treat wax worms and I take mine out sometimes everyday and sometimes every other day
Wild adventure Boy Where r u buying it from
Your videos are as amazing as usual and they help me a lot. But I have one question about the substrate what are the differences between eco earth and normal coconut husk that I buy in every garden centres?
Thank you :) They're pretty much the same, but i would check that the one from the garden centre doesn't have any fertilisers, etc in them.
Do you recommend the bio dudes bug grub? It's designed to go along with vegetables/fruits.
I got a leopard gecko 🦎 last month!! And you tips are really helpful!!! ( Edit) OMG thanks for loving my comment, keep up your vids and you'll be able to help people that just got gecko's!!
aw brilliant! thank you :)
And your welcome
hi im a lizard :) 🦎
Once I dropped pinhead crickets all over my room ... my cat helped me catch them and so did my beardie
I got my first Leo a few days ago and he’s shedding so u have and tips bc he’s my first reptile and idk what to do
You are too fun, love your vids
Thank you :)
This video was amazing.
Thank you :D
Dang! Very neat :) love ur channel
Is there a difference between wax worms and honey worms??
it may just be another name for them, like a brand name used for selling wax worms for fishing 😅. I'm not 100% sure, but i'd stick to wax worms sold for reptiles to be on the safe side :)
• Lucifer • yes, but the comment says honey worms, not horn worms
My gecko is over 12 months coming up to 2 years old and she is quite small so I feed her the medium size locusts? I am trying to add meal worms and other insects though she is very picky and I haven’t had any luck, do you have and tips on how to get your geckos to eat other insects? And what calcium and vitamins you use?
Crickets do grow quickly I get them then like 3 days later that are already chriping
Can you make another leopard geckos video because I really like them and can you tell me a good place to buy a leopard geckos? Also love the video
Yeah I like to post a variety of things, but I am sure a Leopard Gecko one will be coming soon, but in the meantime I have like over 600 videos, so hopefully you'll find something to watch there :)
hi im a lizard :) 🦎
Are meal, wax or any other "worm" ok for crested geckos as a small treat? Just for variety. I feed diets in a variety but my gecko is still new but I'm not sure if theres another insect I can use aside from crickets? And I dont want to use dubia roaches, I'm not sure if someones gonna suggest it.
I use quick oats as bedding for my crickets.
ah fair enough :)
when you get a leopard gecko
you also get like 1,000 more pets i j
just got one and the waxworms meal worms
dibia rotches and crickets
Love your vids
Thank you :D
7:35 a meal worm crawled across the cucumber in the cricket’s box
nope that was one of those fuzzy flesh-eating worms I did a video on a while back :)
Great friend 👌
Thank you :)
I don’t have a leopard gecko I have a bearded dragon and They have about the same diet. Thanks for the help.
Hey I’m about to get my 3rd gecko ( 2 leopard geckos and am getting a crested gecko) and you have no idea how usefull your channel is! You channels amazing 🙌 also where do you order your feeder insects?
aw thanks so much! I get mine from Internet Reptile :)
I have a Leopard gecko but do you think this is the most affective way two feed them
I have a delivery coming tmrw. Hopefully it goes better 😃
haha, good luck!! 🤞🏻
mdj2010 what website is it? :)
@@salvulcano5264 livefoods. It went fine. Haha
How do you clean out meal worm bins and super worm bins??
What bedding do u use for the mealworms
7:37 I think a weird hybrid mealworm is on the cucumber O_O
@@Nei982 Lol, exactly, Hybrid mealworm thing
Nope that's one of those worms I mentioned... the flesh eating worms. I have a video on it, it's linked on one of the cards :)
@@leopardgeckotalk Okay! My video was lagging a lot as my wifi was flickering. I'll have to watch that! Kinda freaking that you replied! I love your channel so much, your my legit idol of all idols! Keep doing what your doing, and never stop! Reach for your goals!
7:35 WORM!!!! W O O O O R M !!!!!!!!!!!!!! CUCUMBERWORM!!!!!!!!
it's okay its a fuzzy worm :)
@@leopardgeckotalk :0
are we just gonna ignore the mealworm crossing the zucchini at 7:34
This is really helpful even though I don’t have a gecko but I would love one
haha thanks :) Maybe one day :D
You are the best I wish I had a leopard gecko
aw thank you!
No thank you for making these videos
do u have a leopard gecko care guide video?
The great escape
*Mealworm Edition*
😂 yeah
Heyy Um quick update I think I got all the crickets! Also
awesome, and thanks !! :)
Yeesh, that must be rough. I barely order, I store buy because my parents dont want the struggle of shipping and pricing. Great video!
Thanks! :) yeah usually, I'd say 99% of the time, I don't get escapees and they are arrive alive (as many pet shop bought ones are always half dead on arrival), but yeah escaping mealworms isn't ideal 😅
I just cleaned all my feeders today! Lol
ah nice! :)
where did you get these meal/wax worms and crickets from?
where do you order your insects? i wanna get more for my leopard gecko btw i love your videos they helped alot!
Get new crickets I give them carrots but a week or two later half of them die. What should I feed them
What's the website you order them from? I couldn't fully understand what you said ^^" my mom wants to order them online cause of the coronavirus and all that.
Honestly those mealworms probably ate through the box and made their own hole 😂
You remind me of the guy off the office, incredibly awkward in a funny way.
What kind of tank do you use for your leopard geckos and if you can tell me any good cheap tank under 150
The vivariums were only like £30-£50 which is pretty good, but I've heard they're difficult to find in North America.
What is the website were you order your Geckos food ?
I looked through quite a few of your mealworm videos, but still can't figure out what is that bedding you use, that is dark color with pebbles or wood chips of various sizes. What is in it, and do you still give them some grain or just vegetables?
she uses dirt
You should get a giant Leopard moth :D I have one
Good video :)
Thanks :D
Hey, I have a question about my leopard gecko, my gecko is a 3.5 years old female that was used for mating, I got her when she was 2. The last time I handled her she was doing her defensive tail swinging when I put her on the floor (I was laying next to her belly on the ground) she never did this when I handled her before and put her on the ground (I did manage to put her safely back into her terrarium as soon as she started doing that)I wonder why she did it? Is it like breeding time or haven't I handled her enough?
if I don't need d3 added in with calcuim do I need d3 in vitamins would be helpful thank you
yes, if you're not using a UV light :)
thank you for your help it has helped me so much I really appreciate it
where do you buy your insects online?
quick question.
is it normal for a leopard gecko to stare at a meal worm for about 10 minuets and not even try to catch the worm? I keep trying to get a different worm out of the box but she wont eat them.
I seen how my pet shop had a Leo on sand so I had a nice chat to the owner about how its bad, impaction etc. And they replied with the substrate is a pure CaCO3 that's coloured to look like sand and I was wondering well this is still sand in a way what's your opinion on this matter?
keelan James Sorry but that owner is full of crap. Sand is sand and will cause impaction. I hope the op replies to you!!
@@danieljordan2442 that's what I thought, I'll be sure to follow them up on the matter
where do you order your feeders from?
Hello
is a leopard gecko a juvinal when they are 0-6 months old or 6-12 months old it would be helpful because I just watched your leopard gecko feeding schedule video
They're a juvenile when they are 6-12 months old
thank you
@@ethanthao2831 no problem! What's your leopard geckos name? :)
What temperature should I keep crickets and mealworms ?
From my experience, it’s best to keep mealworms refrigerated to make them last longer. If you want to make crickets dormant you can put them in the fridge also, but there’s no specific temperature for either bug that I know of.
I keep them at room temp, but they do pupate quicker. However if you do keep them in the fridge, warm them up in your hand before dusting them and feeding them to your gecko :)
M U you feed them some tipe of lettuce or fruits after taking them of the fridge and before feeding them for your gecko ??
i am struggling with finding a staple feeder insect other than crickets (my gecko isnt interested) or dubias (creep me out) and was wondering if two waxworms every two weeks is ideal? if not im looking into calci worms as a staple feeder, any advice since i cant fin ANY info on them online at all!
Maybe superworms?
nope wax worms and morio worms/super worms should only be fed as treats.
Honestly I just offer a variety, so crickets, mealworms, calci worms, the odd morio worms or wax worm :)
i saw a worm in the bottom of the cricket cage it crawled
across the cucumber
What do you use for meal worm beding?
I started using a bit of earthmix arid (definitely not the cheapest thing), but I had a little left over. However I know some people use 'bug grub', the flakes, or oats. I used to use oats but mould can occur if food starts to go off and makes the oats moist.
Are wax worms and calci-worms the same thing?
Where do you get your bugs from?