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If I am going to feed my leo crickets, do the crickets need to be alive? Is a diet of just crickets ok? Thanks.

Yes, they need to be alive, in most cases. Most critters don't have the gumption to eat something not moving. You can feed a diet of all crickets. I know some breeders that do, but you can also supplement with mealworms or wax worms. Just watch when feeding mealies to juveniles. The skin is really tough and hard to digest for them, and they aren't digested right, it can cause more harm than good. I wouldn't feed mealies to anything but sub adults (or critters over 6 inches). Stick to waxies for your juvies if you want to add some spice to their diet.

Don't forget to leave a dish of dust in the tank with your geckos too. That way they get the vitamins and minerals they need.
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1.0.0 Bells Albino Leopard Gecko "Lyle"
0.1.0 Hypo-Gold Leopard Gecko "Goldie"
0.1.0 High Yellow Jungle Leopard Gecko "Lucky"
0.1.0 Super Hypo Tangerine Carrot Tail Leopard Gecko "Storm"
0.1.0 Cockatiel "Jewel"
0.1.0 Pitbull/Golden Retriever "Guiness"
0.2.0 Cats "Athena" and "Violet"
0.1.0 Horse "Arian Gold Karma"
And who knows how many fish

I really want a leo, but my parents are hesitant about letting live "food" in the house. Does anyone have any experiance with feeding dead crickets to their leo? Thanks.

not dead crickets but live ones are a sod. they will escape no matter what.. im plannig on geting a leo and in tha past i had a preyng mantis and they were still alive and chirping behind the boiler for 3 months afer it died.