| Feeding your Leopard gecko can be a very exciting | | | | something is going to want them to have more. |
| time. Watching your Leo eat and find the food you | | | | Providing a locust as a treat once in a great while for |
| provided are two of those thrills. It is important to | | | | your pet is alright to do. What you do not want is |
| pay close attention to your Leopard geckos feeding | | | | for them to become "addicted" to their treats and |
| habits. As a pet owner, you are responsible for | | | | not eat what is healthier and more nourishing for |
| providing healthy nutritious foods for your Leo to eat. | | | | them. |
| Your pet is going to show signs of liking certain | | | | If your gecko is only wanting to eat things that are |
| foods more than others, but does this mean they | | | | tasty but not to nourishing, do not get worried. All |
| are what they should be eating? | | | | you have to do is simply get offering the better |
| One of the major issues with feed your pet will be | | | | insects to eat. Them might not eat for a few days |
| deciding what is nutritious and what is a treat. If you | | | | but will eventually give in to hunger and eat what is |
| have ever owned a gecko before, they are just like | | | | being offered. |
| little kids. You really want them to eat their | | | | Crickets should be one of the main entree's in your |
| vegetables but they only want that cookie or sweet | | | | Leo's diet. They are fuller of nutrients than locusts |
| treat. In the case of Leopard gecko's this is a debate | | | | and will keep your pet healthier. If your Leo isn't |
| between locusts and crickets. | | | | eating crickets like it should, switch over to live |
| In their natural habitat, a gecko's main diet consists | | | | crickets if you have been trying to feed it dead ones. |
| of locusts and other insects. However, locusts are | | | | Just the activity of the cricket might entice your pet |
| more of a treat because they taste sweeter to your | | | | to start feeding on it. |
| gecko than a cricket. Just like a child to much of | | | | |