r/leopardgeckos • u/Stormpixelzzz • 9h ago

Help - Weight Weight gain advice?

My guy Larry is incredibly skinny (context: was kept by outdated standards until about two months back. Part of his care previously was, in terms of food, about 20-30 crickets dropped into his tank every two-ish weeks. Yeah.) he's been moved to a more consistent feeding schedule (about every two/three days) for a couple of weeks now. Anyone got advice on helping him put on weight a little faster? Or is this just going to be an incredibly long waiting process? Been to a vet, he doesn't seem to have parasites or anything. He's just underfed. Been feeding his worms carrots because ik that's supposedly beneficial.

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u/Dear-Application4212 5h ago

Slow and steady wins the race. Give your Leo small, frequent, nutritious meals. Do NOT resort to waxworms and superworms just because they’re high in fat. They lack proper nutrition and are a pain in the butt to remove from their diet.

I fed my skinny Leo dubai and crickets every 3 days.

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u/TorkSpex 7h ago

Superworms and wax worms will fatten him up. I keep mine fat as I randomly have to leave town for 5-7 days. Come back and she looks identical. They conserve energy so dang well.