Baby gecko feeding

[Pinned27]

I know there is no set in stone answer, but i would just like an estimate to start off by and then work around it depending on how my soon to get gecko will react.

I plan on using mealworms mostly and then crickets here and there.
-About how many mealworms should i give him each night?
-Should i give him crickets and mealworms in the same night or mix it up each night?
-And if i do crickets, how many of those roughly?
Im hoping he can learn to eat mealworms from the dish so i can just leave some in there. but i also would like to watch him hunt down on them.

I just dont wana overfeed or underfeed my gecko.

And last thing, should i dust the mealworms/crickets every night for a baby? or should it be every other? and do i dust with the calcium and d3?

 

[abrahamavelar]

all depends on the size of the gecko and the worms and crickets, theres days my gecko eats ten mealworms and 4-6 drickets and there is days he only eats 3 mealworms and 1 cricket

 

[Pinned27]

so for a baby/small gecko just feed him till he stop eating? or just as much as he can eat in 15 minutes or what?

 

[abrahamavelar]

ill feed him untill he stops eating and/or whatever it can eat in 15 min, sometimes they will stop eating b4 the 15 minutes so ill feed it untill it stops eating or the 15 min are up

 

[30secondstobob]

My hatchlings started eating on day four. I put ten small mealworms (for two babies) in the dish. 6 to 9 were gone the next morning for the next five days. When all 10 were gone, I upped the number to 20. They've yet to polish off all 20 but are growing super fast! 3 weeks old now and I've given them a waxworm treat. No problem sucking them down, either! Bob

 

[abrahamavelar]

also at first they might not eat right away untill they start feeling confortable

 

[Pinned27]

yea i know. i believe im going to pick up my gecko this coming monday or tuesday. i just wana get all the info i can so im ready and wont have to ask questions and leaving my little guy hanging.

 

[abrahamavelar]

i feel you!!!! do you have pics of his tank yet???? is it gonna be a normal???? i actually love when the normal r bright yellow