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I just recived a gecko and was woundering what would be the best diet for him. Hes a full grown albino male. He was giving to me for free from someone who didnt want him anymore. Ive kept banded geckos and golden geckos but never leopards. I know the basics but was woundering if there was a list of other foods besides crickets and mealworms that i could offer him as a snack or treat. thanks in advance for all your help.

Heres a picture of him i took lastnight

Wax worms are a good treat. My guys also like grapes, bananas, mangos, oranges, and apples. I know that sounds really weird, but my guys and girls absolutely LOVE fruit.

I have never heard of that. I was told they are strict insectivores :/

i havent herd that either but what ever floats your boat
also silkworms are good mine love them oh and also butter worms too

Yeah it's really weird, but they love it. They seem to like grapes and bananas the most. I went away for the weekend and my mom got the bright idea to put pieces in their mealworm dish. She told me when I came home that she did and they liked it. I figured the mealworms munched on it, but when I took the mealies out and put just fruit in it disappeared quickly. So now I offer it to all of mine and most really like it.

Don't feed them fruit. They are not designed to digest it properly nor does it have the nutrition they require. Also stay away from wax worms as they are high in fat and low in nutrition. Once they start some may refuse to eat anything else which will lead to you having to starve it to get it back to a normal diet. What is most impotant is how you gutload your feeders for their nutrition.
Personally I use mealworms the majority of the time. Acouple times a year I offer pinky mice, silkworms, or even crickets.
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Brian
www.thewindycitygecko.com

hmm that sounds like my new gecko i was givin meal worms for him and he wouldnt eat them and 2 days later previous owner brought me wax worms and superworms he wont eat the superworms but just chows down on the wax worms bigtime i was wondering bout that but reading yr post tells me i got to starve him to get him to eat the variety of worms ...when u say starve em like how long few days?

What a handsome healthy looking fella! Nice photography too!
Here is a link to a page with some caresheets:
www.repticzone.com/caresheets/Geckos-leopard.html
www.thegeckospot.com/ also has great info.

Good luck with him!

Thank you all for the advice and help. I was do some more research and found phoenix worms on a few different websites. They say that they have around 60 times the amount of calcium then mealworms. From that i was thinking it would be a bad idea to feed them daily. Wouldnt it be good to offer it as a treat a few days a week? Does anyone else know more about phoenix worms or has anyone used them?
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1.0.0 leopard gecko (albino)
2.6.1 Western banded geckos
1.0.0 gloden gecko
1.0.0 Green iguana
1.0.0 California Newt
0.1.0 Ca King snake
1.1.0 Rosy boas
1.0.0 Nelson milk snake
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Looking for...
0.1 golden gecko
0.5 leopard geckos (carrot tails and lavenders)
1.1 Mexican black kinsnake
1.0 english bulldog

Excellent choice. I have had the best of luck with them and my geckos...yes they are very nutritious... and so far most of them eat them!! ALso, no smell...very clean.
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