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[neilos1177]

Just inquiring before I purchase a leo so please don't think me a bad keeper. Is there any way that I could feed gecko if I was to be away for a day? Don't assume this would happen often but was just wondering if there was any way that I could perhaps slowly release crickets or other food into vivarium e.g. feeding rock etc. I want to know as much as possible. I am currently working on getting heating sorted in vivarium and looking to get leo next week. Really excited but nervous too as this will be my first insight into the herpetological world. Sure someone here will be able to help as you have always been so helpful in the past.

Cheers

Neil

[ssthisto]

In my experience, missing a day's feeding for an otherwise healthy gecko that's in good weight is not going to do the gecko any harm.

My adults get fed every other day, and they've got solid, fat tails and are in good physical condition; I would not personally worry about them if I were away up to three days so long as I knew that they had a constant source of water.
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[Scott W]

I only feed my Leopard geckos TWICE per week anyway so I'm sure he'll be fine. I place a bowl of giant mealworms in each cage, this also contains some food for the mealworms to eat, after about 3 days I top it up with more giants and some more food for them.
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[neilos1177]

Thanks for the info people. It is amazing how reading care sheets and hearing from people who actually keep geckos differ so greatly. All of the care sheets that I have read suggest feeding 4-6 crickets per day per gecko. I am pleased that I asked as I would hate to overfeed the gecko when I get it. I intend to keep notes on the geks feeding habits anyway so will find out what best suits mine. I am sure all geckos will be slightly different anyway.

Thanks

Neil

[Mememe]

They don't tend to get overweight on crickets. They simply eat their fill.
However, if fed on a diet with a lot of fat (eg. too many waxworms) then they can become obese.
Therefore, I would feed as many crickets the gecko wants.

There are exceptions however. If it was noticably obese (leo's are quite fat geckos anyway, when adult), you could limit the amount.
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