In my opinion, mealworms are the way to go. I would feed a little mixture of pinhead crickets and tiny mealworms for babies until they get used to the mealies, but overall.. I'd feed mealworms.

1)Mealworms don't make a sound, crickets are noisey.
2)Mealworms aren't as stinky as crickets at all, so husbandry is easier for them.
3)Mealworms can be fed in a smooth dish or new ashtray when offered to geckos and the leopard gecko will learn to eat from it.

Those are the main reasons, but there's so many reasons why mealworms are better. Also, you might hear pet store people tell you the old wives tale of "Mealworms wil eat their way out of your gecko!", but it's simply not true. Think about it.. I doubt leopard gecko breeders like TheUrbanGecko or Albeys Too Cool Reptiles spend all their time cutting literally THOUSANDS of heads off of mealworms. They've been doing it for years. Sometimes, if the gecko is smaller, I might crush the head, just so they don't bite the face as they're being eaten, but that rarely even happens.. I've only seen that happen frequently with Superworms(That's why I stick to mealworms.. Although, many people feed them with no problem).


I hope this helped some. If you don't already know, remember to gutload whatever kind of prey you choose for them. ((If you aren't sure what gutloading is, that's just feeding the prey a nutrious diet before being fed to your geckos- "You are what you eat".)) Good luck!

-Brittany

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