You can feed them either, but they like the chase of live ones so I would choose that.
I think any crickets that are sold at pet stores can be fed to leopard geckos. Just remember that small crickets are for young geckos and large are for grown-up geckos.
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Leopard geckos eat... crickets, meal worms, wax worms, butter worms, silk worms and occasionally small mice.
Leopard geckos are meat-eaters. NO FRUIT. Its best to feed your gecko insects like crickets : )
Leopard geckos live in a desert habitat, eating mainly crickets for food.
Leopard geckos cannot eat spinach, but they can eat crickets, meal worms, superworms, are all great choices leopard geckos like varity so change it up!
Leopard geckos are strictly insectivores relying on insects and creepy crawlies for nutrients. I have heard of some leopard geckos feeding on repashy meal replacement powder. Try coating your crickets with this powder to get the leopard gecko customed to it first. then provide it in a bowl once or twice a month as a treat.
Leopard geckos can eat mealworms and waxworms. They can also eat insects, their favorite being crickets, and they can even eat pinky mice.
They are insectivorous- they eat insects. Mine likes crickets.
A baby leopard gecko will usually take well to just two or three 1/4" inch crickets a day. Once the animal is reaching adulthood, they do not require a feeding everyday. Four times a week is usually recommended for adult leopard geckos.
Mealworms, crickets, and adult leopard geckos can eat pinky mice.
Leopard Geckos are pretty low maintenance. They'll eat many kinds of large prey items such as crickets, mealworms, waxworms, superworms and pinkies daily.