crickets

[SaltLifeGecko]

Well recently i got my first gecko, a awesome mack snow. befor i got him i had gotten some crickets in preparation for his arrival. i bought tiny ones not know how big he would be. he turned out bigger then i thought. so the next time i could get crickets i got bigger ones and the bigger ones ate all the tiny ones. since the crickets are all protein is it good or bad that they ate them.

 

[LeapinLizards]

Mostly all feeders will become cannibalistic to smaller feeders, especially if there is no food or water available to them. Are you gut loading the feeders? Meaning, providing them with a nutritious food to prepare them to be eaten by your gecko? In my experience, crickets kill, and pull legs off each other quite often, even with my gut load in there. There is nothing harmful about it, I guess it's just the food chain.