New Leopard Gecko eating too much???

[lizardmom]

Hi,
I have a juvenile leopard gecko that we picked up up a week ago today. he was 12 g when we got him. He is eating more than I have every seen one gecko eat. 12-15 small crickets and 12-15 small meal worms every day. He acts like he wants more, but I am frankly afraid to give him any more than that. Can a juvenile be over fed or should I just let him eat until he is full? He is hunting down the crickets in his enclosure. he is very aggressive in his hunt and usually finishes them all within 5 min or so, then looks around for more food. Then I start giving meal worms one at a time. I am dusting with calcium and multivitamin on a schedule.

 

[Seth9999]

Some will say , let him eat. I'm more conservative. To me don't think it's best way feed anything in excess. 12 gram gecko eating 12 grams food seems me to much. I like feed , let body digest, and poop. Knot that this gecko every been in wild, but I don't think they'd eat every day , or to that extent. This would be unnatural.
I feed few crickets and few worms daily for juvenile. Maybe treat or two in morning if she's up.

 

[RachLovesNorbert]

Every gecko, every animal, can be overfed. I know, it is hard to know when to stop when your geckos don't want to. I would say that 12-15 small crickets are actually a lot more than you should be feeding. Try this schedule that worked for my juvenile who is a happy, healthy, and spoiled gecko.

Monday - 10 dusted calcium mealworms
Tuesday - 5 dusted multivitamin crickets
Wednesday - don't feed
Thursday - 5 dusted calcium crickets
Friday - 10 dusted multivitamin mealworms
Saturday - 3 crickets and 5 mealworms - no dust
Sunday - don't feed

If you have other feeder insects (morio or superworms, etc.) you can add them to this schedule however you want, but this is a very healthy way to feed them as JUVENILES. Feeding times change as they grow older!! I hope this helps!!!

 

[GeckoFanboy]

My juvenile is 8 months old (male). I just bought him lastweek. He's eating like a complete pig. And you know what? I'm happy about this. My old leo rarely ate (he died at 17). So this is so cool to see my new leo eat like a hog. My experience with leos is to let them eat as much as they want. You'll know when he's full because he'll turn his nose up to that next bug you drop in front of him. Don't leave the bug there...just put it back in it's critter cage.

Currently, my gecko eats ANYTHING you put in front of him. He's not picky at all. He's eating crickets, dubia roaches, mealworms, superworms, hornworms, and Phoenix worms. Tonight he ate 4 really big dubia roaches and about 6 medium dusted crickets. I vary his bugs from day to day. For now, I am feeding him every day...no breaks. Oh, and he takes 2 very big poops every day right now...so he has room for more food, LOL. In my experience, they love to eat after they poop.
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