Baby Gecko

[Kingdizon]

I have a baby gecko born on Jan 7 of this year. Don't know if it's considered a baby or a juvie? And the store suggested maggots and baby crickets but they seem a bit too small(the crickets) and get lost in the habitat. And the maggots are constantly cocooning on me. So what do you usually feed a month old Leo? Are mealworms ok? Maybe small crickets instead of baby ones? Anything helps right now thx

 

[JessJohnson87]

What are these maggots? If they are cocooning then they're probably wax worms and need to be stored in the fridge, usually 1/4" crickets should be a good size for a juvenile. I would just throw 2 crickets in at a time and see if it will eat them, seeing as how you just got it recently, I would not expect it to eat much right now.

 

[Kingdizon]

Well then wax worms. I had them in the fridge they even cocooned in the fridge! And if they are in the food dish too long they cocoon as well. Not sure if I have 1/4" crickets..but they are pretty fast considering their sizes. I didn't expect it to eat much either but I was surprised left about 5 worms in there this morning they were gone when I got home... But again are mealworms ok? I don't like wasting food because they cocoon up on me I have no use for them. And the crickets are VERY tiny I mean like crumb size

 

[JessJohnson87]

Mealworms are fine, just a every day staple diet of them will become fattening over time. You probably have the pinhead crickets, yes those are TINY and extremely fast. I would try to see if they have any that are around 1/4"

 

[Kingdizon]

Ok. Yea pinhead describes them very well. Never seen a cricket so fast and tiny before it can't even catch them...ill pick up some mealworms then and go to my local pet store and grab some slightly bigger crickets

 

[JessJohnson87]

Usually what the big chain pet stores sell as small crickets are small/big enough for a juvenile. Pinheads are more for hatchlings and other smaller lizards/frogs/