CoffeeLuver87
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I have a 5 month old juvenile leopard gecko, my very first reptile. She has been with me for about a week and I've been trying to make everything as comfortable as possible for her. We started with crickets in a can but she wouldnt touch it, then we switched to live crickets which she enjoys but has the hardest time catching them. I hate feeding them and trying to get all the nutrition right for them but I love her and want her to be healthy. Today I got so fed up with watching her constantly try to catch crickets and miss. She is also on reptile carpet so the crickets are sneeking under the carpet and getting lost or dying under the carpet. The pet store suggests tweezer feeding but I'm afraid the tweezers will hurt her mouth. So I purchased some meal worms today, took them straight home and feed her four, she seemed to love them. Can this be a staple diet for her? I will do whatever is possible to make her happy and healthy but mealworms are so easy! She is about 6inches long and the mealworms are a little bigger than her head, is this bad? She didnt seem to have any problems getting them down. Thanks for any advice, it is much appreciated 