food size ?

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Julius

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My gecko is 10 grams at the last weighing and I'm currently feeding small size superworms with the occasional cricket for a treat. When should I switch to medium or large superworms, or does it even matter? Thanks.
 
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What size mealworms,crickets??

The best times to feed your gecko will vary according to the individual. However, until these lizards are a year old, you should feed them five to seven times a week, using crickets or other insects appropriately sized for their mouths. (evenings after dark are best)
Once they reach adulthood, geckos can be fed anywhere from every other day to two or three times a week. The geckos should stay healthy looking and have fat tails.
Types of Gecko Food
The most common feeding insects are crickets - either black or brown, meal worms and wax worms. Large meal worms, also called super worms, are sometimes fed, as are locusts and roaches.
Leopard geckos will take some pre-killed food, but generally prefer it to be offered live. This is because the movements of the insects are stimulating to the lizard's hunting instinct, and encourage its appetite. Unless there's another reason not to do so, offer all insects alive.
Finally, No food should be longer than half the width of your gecko's head, to prevent choking. Another rule that can help you choose the correct prey size is to make sure that prey is no larger than the distance between your gecko's eyes. It's also important to supplement your lizard's food with vitamins and calcium, which can be gut loaded into insects, or dusted on before feeding.
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Moe

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pawsible said:
The best times to feed your gecko will vary according to the individual. However, until these lizards are a year old, you should feed them five to seven times a week, using crickets or other insects appropriately sized for their mouths. (evenings after dark are best)
Once they reach adulthood, geckos can be fed anywhere from every other day to two or three times a week. The geckos should stay healthy looking and have fat tails.
Types of Gecko Food
The most common feeding insects are crickets - either black or brown, meal worms and wax worms. Large meal worms, also called super worms, are sometimes fed, as are locusts and roaches.
Leopard geckos will take some pre-killed food, but generally prefer it to be offered live. This is because the movements of the insects are stimulating to the lizard's hunting instinct, and encourage its appetite. Unless there's another reason not to do so, offer all insects alive.
Finally, No food should be longer than half the width of your gecko's head, to prevent choking. Another rule that can help you choose the correct prey size is to make sure that prey is no larger than the distance between your gecko's eyes. It's also important to supplement your lizard's food with vitamins and calcium, which can be gut loaded into insects, or dusted on before feeding.
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We are Leopard Gecko enthusiasts who were tired of finding incomplete information about our pet Geckos. We enlisted the help of some serious gecko enthusiasts,breeders,owners, and veterinarians who helped us compile information.
http://www.theultimateleopardgeckomanual.com
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they cant have one large cricket?

i read somewhere that the crickets can be as long as long as its head but not longer?
 
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Moe

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flynnallthetime said:
ii buy my geckos large crickets and there longer then the width of there heads. should i just buy the 2 adults small crickets then? bc there aint no medium lmao
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right thats what im saying

the small crickets be too small for my juve, he can eat like 10 medium size crickets in one sitting(that is if i can find medium sized crickets) i dont have the money for a large cricket keeper or to buy crickets every day

the small crickets where i live at are only those real small ant sized crickets at pet stores

thats why i was wondering if its ok to feed a juve large crickets as long as the crickets are as long as its head

http://www.lihs.org/files/caresheets/E_macularius.htm
 
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