[InstantImage]

Hi,

Instead of feeding my leopard gecko crickets inside her vivarium and hunting around for the ones she didn’t eat I was thinking of feeding her in a separate container. I would leave her and the cricket in the container for around 10-15 minutes, that way I don’t have to worry about any rouge crickets biting her in her vivarium. Do you guys think this ok or do you think the new container would stress her out too much?

[Melissa]

Hello,
I've found that mealworms are a better choice for feeding Leopard geckos.
Feed the mealworms before feeding to your Leo, and also dust them.
There are small mealworm feeding bowls you can put in your gecko's enclosure.
The worms cannot escape from the bowl. The regime of feeding mealworms
every other day has worked well for my Leos. I don't think it's necessary to
put your Leo in a separate enclosure, and yes, I do think it would be more
stressful to change enviroments for feeding.
Best wishes.

Melissa

[Yoshi'smom]

Crickets are a better meal nutritionally for your leo.
I also feed mine outside of the tank. My reason is based on the fact that I have two housed together and they used to fight over food. Now they each get a meal and don't have to fight...
It doesn't seem to stress them out at all. As soon as they see food they go chasing it down. I think it's a pretty good idea. You're certain that no crickets are left in the tank and that there won't be any nibbling on your gecko.

[Riverside Reptiles]

Mealworms are a crappy choice for a staple diet IMO. Crickets and/tropical roaches are far superior nutritionally. If you leave a piece of carrot or apple in the tank, the crickets and roaches won't bother the leo, and you wont have to worry about taking out the ones that don't get eaten.