My Leo is Literally a Black Hole

[Shijadi]

So my younger leo, Butters, loves to eat! Whenever it comes to feeding time, he is always excitedly waiting for me to put his feeder dish back full of delicious foods. He attacks his food in an instant, and will usually down at least 10 mealworms in under 2-5 mins.

Then later, I'll watch him wander around and then start licking clean his feeder dish, digging inside it for more grub, and looking out expectantly at me to refill his dish. I feel like I should feed him more, but I'm worried about overfeeding him since he's still a juvie. It just seems weird compared to my older leo Nyx, who is definitely seems more capable of eating larger amounts of insects, but she only really likes to occasionally snack rather than have a big meal (not that I'm worried, her tail is super fat!!).

So what do you guys think I should do? Should I adjust my feeding schedule so Butters is fed twice a day? And if so, how much more? First feeding I normally leave 10-12 mealworms.

 

[kvnsu]

Since it is a juvenile I would feed as much as it would eat in 15 mins. I usually feed my juvenile twice a day and how much it will eat in 15 mins but last night my gecko pooped out a whole phoenix worm so I would be careful how much you feed him. Now I have limited it to once a day and how much he'll eat in 15 mins. My gecko is also a piggy and loves to eat. I would add a few more and see how his poop is

 

[Ignitius]

I would keep the once a day feeding but also try crickets! They're higher in protein and he won't have to eat as many (maybe 5). It also gives them a nice variety that they like. Since he's still growing I would let him eat until he's full (He'll know when he's full typically).

 

[MistyBleil]

My Toothless weights 7 grams. He will eat 10-15 1/4 inch crickets plus 5-6 small Phoenix worms/tiny horn worms in 20 minutes. He then will spend the next hour sitting in his food dish giving me puppy dog eyes. He is trying to regrow his tail. I am hoping the appetite will shrink when the tail is healed.

 

[hmarie186]

Feed him however much he wants within 15-20 minutes time once a day. Edgar topped out at 26 mealworms once LOL. They need alot of energy to do all that growing!