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This is a fairly basic question but I wanted to hear some input anyway... How often do others here feed their adult leos? Every 2-3 days? Twice a wk? I suppose it somewhat depends on the leos but I'd interested to hear what has worked well for others, particularly breeders..

tc_legacy

well i am a small breeder, i have about 23 leos and african fat tailed geckos adults/babies and 5 eggs on the way. i feed all of my geckos everynight! i dont know why people feed every few days. some of mine will eat as many as 10 crickets every night.
i personally keep a chart so i can give each gecko as many as they will eat so there are none left over. the minimum i feed every night is 5 to each gecko. their maine food is crickets, no meal worms, but ocaisionaly waxworms and pinkies.

Hi,

So you don't have any problems with obesity? Not confronting you, just asking. I used to feed my guys every other day (mealies mostly, sometimes crix or supers, occasionally waxworms) and I found that my male blizzard especially was getting too fat so I've been trying to cut him back all winter. But then I gutload my bugs pretty heavily (mealies live in fresh bran (sometimes a handful or quaker's oats mixed in) with carrots/potatoes etc) so maybe that's part of why my leos were getting too fat.

tc_legacy

no, no overly fat fatties or leos here. i feed my crickets carrots and the same chicken feed the cricket farm uses, i live near it. matter of fact i wish some of them where bigger/fatter. heres a pic of two, and if they are fat then i just dont know what to say.
these two eat differntly, the african fat tail eats 10 crix a night and the leo only eats a few everyother night. so anyways everyone is different.

I feed all my adults 2-3 times a week. I know that they would eat every day if i did feed them, but they are all nice and plump with big fat tails, so i dont feel it necessary to feed em every day. They do get as much as they want to eat whenever they are fed though.
I guess it is just personal preference. Whatever works for you and your geckos, as long as they are doing well and are healthy and happy
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~Melissa~
1.6.3 Leopard geckos
1.1 Bearded dragons
1.0 Hog Island Boa
0.1 Western hognose
0.1 Coastal carpet python
1.1 Crested Gecko
1.0 Savannah Monitor
0.0.1 Sulcata tortoise
1.0 Eastern Collared Lizard
1.1 Ferrets
0.1 Chinchilla
2.0 kitty cats
0.0.1 Firebelly newt that lives with a betta

I feed 2-3 times a week... Crickets, and/or roaches. Occasionally other worms, and rarely a pinkie as a treat.

Ian