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Ok So My Gecko Has Black Thru Out It's Belly...It's Looks Like A Big Black Blob...

Yes dear it's there organs!! Little guy looks like he need some fattening up!! Pretty skinny!

how do i fatten him up?
..i feed him crickets everyday and as far as i know or have seen he eat two of them

2 only ? how many do you put in his tank ? cage

i would suggest his size cricket and about 3 at a time .. maybe 5 in the morning ? and try 3 in the pm ??

>>2 only ? how many do you put in his tank ? cage
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>>i would suggest his size cricket and about 3 at a time .. maybe 5 in the morning ? and try 3 in the pm ??

I'll second that opinion; mine always ate a lot, and very aggressively, when she was little. Now that she's an adult, she eats about 3 crickets every other or every third day and she's good to go, but when they're growing, they need *way* more food. I'd say 5 crickets a night, minimum, and if they want to eat more, let them - juveniles won't get overweight, they'll just grow. Think of them as athletic teenage boys. They need all that extra fuel. (At least, I sure did back then - I used to get home from school and eat 2-3 big bowls of cereal and then still eat everything my mother made for dinner, and baby leos are no different.)
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Haha....I agree as well, although i feed mine about 10 crix aday. They are juvies, except one of them is 95g and a big girl so and she will eat maybe 3 mealies if your lucky every other day, and i do laeve crix in her tank about 1 or 2 to see if maybe she gets hungry in the night she can hunt and eat them 2. Also waxworms are fine as treats, but treats only they can get "addicted" to them and they will have some serious issues!