my leopard gecko food aka meal worms are looking wierd?

Question

my meal worlms have been left out in the room temp and now some are changing they are bigger and whit looking is it ok for me to still feed my leopard gecko thim the def looking ones?

well there not beteels yet there just like some yellow morgh thing

Answer 1

Over time the mealworms will turn into pupae, they will look fat and short and not move. They will soon turn into black beetles which will breed and lay eggs. Soon you will have lots of baby mealworms. Raise them on Oatmeal and cricket gutload. Keep a piece of carrot or apple on top for moisture. It's easy and you'll always have plenty. If you don't want to raise mealworms, throw the pupae away. I don't feed the pupae to my geckos.

Answer 2

Although it does not have to be live it is preferred. Most leopard geckos wont eat dead food, movement is usually watch catches their interest. As far as keeping the mealworms, they can be kept in the container you purchased them in. If you keep them in the refrigerator they will be slow and wont grow. If you keep them outside of the refrigerator you will need a larger container. You can fill it with wheat germ, oatmeal, or barley for them to eat and a carrot/potato for them to get moisture from. If you do keep them like this if they do not get fed to your gecko in a couple of weeks they will turn into this pupae thing that looks like a cocoon and in a couple of more weeks turn into beetles and start laying eggs. It's totally up to you how you keep them or whether or not you feed dead or alive. As far as the other foods go you can feed crickets, silkworms, horned worms, phoenix worms, butter worms, and occasionally a wax worm as a treat (they have no nutritional value).

Answer 3

This is perfectly normal for mealworms. The "worms" are actually beetle larvae and will eventually become beetles. When they become whitish and look sort of like little "aliens" is they are called "Pupae". After approximately 7 - 10 days they will become beetles and then start to breed.
You shouldn't have any problems feeding the pupae to your geckos. :)

Answer 4

Don't feed your leopard gecko exclusively on adult mealworms. The chitin in their shells is difficult for the gecko to digest, and it may clog the lizard's digestive track.

If you raise your own mealworms, which is so easy to do that no one should be buying them. Take some of your newborn mealworms to feed the gecko. Their shells have not developed and are very soft.

Answer 5

Hi. I also have a leopard gecko and if there is something wrong with the meal worms I wouldn't feed it to them because they are probably sick and can cause your gecko to have a decease. I feed mine meal worms also.

Answer 6

Meal worms morph into beetles. It's recommended you don't feed the Darkling Beetles to any of your animals. To keep your meal worms in the larvae stage (the stage recommended that you feed them to your animals in, yellow in color with black stripes), refridgerate them until you are ready to feed them to your gecko.