Not eating crickets.

[wonkothesane]

I have a juvenile gecko that I purchased from a local pet store a few weeks ago. We have been feeding it mini meal worms and crickets. Last week the pet store was sold out of crickets and only had giant meal worms available. We purchased some giant worms, and fed them to the gecko for about three days till the crickets came in again. She seemed to have no problem eating the giant worms. For the last three days or so I've been putting crickets in the cage but she wont touch them. Even without putting any worms in there for the last two nights she just hasn't eaten anything. I don't know if I should stick to just feeding worms, or keep trying with the crickets for a little while longer.

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[ZooKeeperKarin]

You could try maybe smaller crickets? Personally, I like to give both so they have variation, and if one is out of stock, the other shouldn't be.
And it could be laziness! She/he doesn't want to be bothered to chase it's prey! You could remove the jumping legs from the crickets, too. Easier to catch.