Feeding geckos to stimmies

[Deleriant]

So I've been thinking about catching a small gecko or two to feed to my stimmy (8 months old) so he's got something live to eat.

Just wondering if the gecko could do any damage to my little dude, or if he'll be poisonous to him or anything.

Cheers guys!

 

[harley0402]

i wouldnt feed him reptiles of any kind, snakes do fine on thawed rodents, they dont really need live or variety

 

[chickensnake]

Is there a reason for you wanting to feed a gex? eg feeding problem
If not then DO NOT feed him a gecko just for fun. They dont need to eat live things.
They can give them worms and diseases aswell.

 

[cadwallader]

as they are both reptiles if the gecko is carrying any "bugs" they will survive in you snake aswell and can create big problems:/

 

[Deleriant]

Yeah, he has been refusing his regular meal of a frozen fuzzy every now and then over the last couple months, so I thought he might be more interested in something live. It's nothing too bad, I just need to feed him before I go away over xmas and he refused a feed a couple of days ago. Not the end of the world if he doesn't eat again tomorrow, I'm sure he'll survive another week on top of that.

Thanks for the heads up guys.

 

[hornet]

He is eating thawed so no need to feed live. Apart from the ethical issues with live feeding it risks giving your snake pests and/or diseases

 

[beeman]

how is the stimmie being kept? Heat, conditions etc?

 

[AllThingsReptile]

hmmm its also illegal....unless you catch a asian house gecko

 

[matt01]

have you tried scenting a pinkie with a skink tail, just catch a skink and remove its tail and release it again, i found this can trigger a feeding response. You could also try heat the fuzzy up like 40C and see if it works.
Just a thought but id prob leave feeding a gecko to very last resort and make sure its dead and at least been frozen first to kill parasites.

 

[hornet]

hmmm its also illegal....unless you catch a asian house gecko

there are other native skinks on the feeder list aswell that are legal to use as feeders

 

[Vixen]

The last thing you want is the snake getting 'hooked' on geckos then might never want a rat or mouse again..

 

[tazzy]

like matt said try scenting the mouse with the tail from the gecko if he's not feeding. ive heard this works well.

 

[Dannyboi]

hmmm its also illegal....unless you catch a asian house gecko

Still illegal has to be spineless. Which is off considering shops sell feeder fish for turtles.

 

[Dannyboi]

there are other native skinks on the feeder list aswell that are legal to use as feeders

Are you kidding there are laws against feeding vertebrites while they are live. The zoo isn't even exempt for their exotics.