[mttycaz85]

I have my sikoraes in half gallon square tubs with rope they can climb and a wooden dowl at an angle. i have a few small pinhead crickets and a small dubia in there tub. tonight i put the pinheads and dubias in a shallow cup so it may be easy for the gecko to locate. does any one have any advice?

[miguel camacho!]

pinheads might be a little small. try slightly larger crickets.

[mttycaz85]

the size of the pinheads are fine. peel they just eat when they are hungrey enough?

[aquapimp]

I've always found that with most juvenile geckos, and many adults, that the size of the prey item is of utmost importance:

Too large, and the animal will get spooked, possibly refusing food for days after.

Too small and they are uninterested. They can stress easily by prey items running all over them as well.

Personally, I think pinheads are too small. I would shoot for a cricket about 1/2 the size of the geckos head, perhaps slightly smaller. "2 week" crickets would probably be perfect.

Just my $.02

[rhacoboy]

When my first Sikorae hatched, the first thing I did was order pinheads. When they arrived, I was in shock at how smallt they were, and infact they were too small to use.

I switched to just regular "small" crickets and in the beginning stages I would pick out the smallest ones in the bunch.

They can handle a lot more than you would expect, and they will grow extremely fast.

-Armen

[NigelMoses]

Pinheads are definitely too small.

[mttycaz85]

yeah they must not be pinheads crickets are size of geckos head