I just got a leopard gecko today, I've been doing research on them for awhile and finally decided I knew enough to get one. I got everything for it, and spent most of my money. I must have misunderstood or read some wrong articles because I thought I could feed it only mealworms and it be fine, but after asking a few further questions, I found out it should have crickets. What do I feed the crickets? What do I keep them in? Do they have to have any kind of substrate? Will my baby gecko be okay for around a week with just mealworms? I have to go back tomorrow to get a multivitamin(I grabbed the wrong thing, it was some food for igunanas), but I don't think I'll have enough for crickets and a cage and all that. I only have like $16.
Brand new leopard gecko owner?
- Thread starter MercyM
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The crickets are cheap and easy to care for. A closed container with air holes and a potato will sustain them. It is true that leopard geckos need variety in their diet, but if money is tight a single food source will sufice them for a while. It's like eating you left over dinner for a while. You may get bored with it but if that's all you have, then yopu can eat it and be fine.I raised mine on a sole food source for a while and they are fine and healthy.
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Water for crickets
Don't forget to give them water
If the food you give them doesn't have enough water in it, just soak a cotton ball in water and give that to them. It will last for up to two days.
Don't forget to give them water
If the food you give them doesn't have enough water in it, just soak a cotton ball in water and give that to them. It will last for up to two days.