2006-09-13 05:55:30 · 5 answers · asked by jc 2 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
i feed mine mealworms and crickets but they will eat almost any insect
2006-09-13 08:11:26 · answer #1 · answered by super_man 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Food Items:
Leopard Geckos are carnivorous. In captivity they eat crickets, kingworms (zophobas), mealworms, waxworms, earthworms, grasshoppers, locusts, and pinkies.
BE WARY of feeding insects from your yard! These insects may be contaminated by pesticides and or herbicides used in the area. Even if you don't use pesticides, someone in the neighborhood might, and therefore the insects may be affected.
It is not advisable to use types of insects you are uncertain of as being safe food. They may be toxic to your gecko. Fireflies caught in the summers are thought to cause death to some reptiles. Recent studies have demonstrated that "the ingestion of fireflies (or "lightning bugs", as they are sometimes called) can kill lizards and, thus, should be considered potentially toxic to all herps." (Adler, 1998)
Supplements:
Food should be supplemented calcium and multivitamins.
Adults should be supplemented every other feeding.
Females should be supplemented at every feeding during the breeding period.
Juveniles should be supplemented at every feeding.
I also keep a small dish of calcium in with my geckos.
2006-09-13 05:58:33 · answer #2 · answered by engfoxhound1979 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Best to feed them a variety. Crickets and mealworms mainly, with a waxworm thrown in occasionaly (may become hooked to them and not eat anything else but they are too fatty).
2006-09-14 17:20:52 · answer #3 · answered by Em 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try mealworms.
2006-09-13 05:59:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
meal worms are good.
2006-09-13 10:57:31 · answer #5 · answered by Holly G 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋