Reptile Keeping
Leopard Gecko Feeding Chart by Age (Crickets, Worms, and How Often)
The leopard gecko is one of the best beginner geckos — yet "overfed" and "forgot to feed" are the two ways novices lose them in the first three months. An age-by-age chart beats any gut feeling.
Feeding chart by age
| Age / stage | Frequency | What to feed |
|---|---|---|
| 0–6 个月 / 0–6 months | 每天 daily | crickets/small mealworms, once daily |
| 6–12 个月 / 6–12 months | 隔天 every other day | gradually larger prey, watch the tail base |
| 成体 12月+ / adult 12m+ | 每 2–3 天 every 2–3 days | adult crickets/dubia/mealworms, rotated |
Frequencies are the consensus ranges from established care resources (ReptiFiles, Pangea, breeder guides). Individuals vary — appetite, season, breeding condition all move the chart; your vet's advice always wins.
Three novice mistakes
- Prey size: no wider than the space between the eyes. Oversized prey → regurgitation or refusal.
- Calcium schedule: juveniles get calcium + D3 at every feeding (per product label); adults, plain calcium 1–2× a week. The failure mode is metabolic bone disease — and the window to catch it is short.
- The log: geckos tolerate hunger well, so an unclear "when did I last feed" ends in double-feeds (regurgitation) or missed feeds (tail-base thinning). Multiple animals multiply the risk.
Judge by the tail, not the calendar
Leopard geckos store fat in the tail base. A healthy one is thick, carrot-shaped; a thinning tail means underfed or ill, a suddenly fat one overfed. More honest than any chart is a weight trend — same day each week, the curve beats any single reading.
Exotic Pet Log (by Xin He Jia) is built for this: every animal's feeding countdown on one home screen, red before it's late; weight and length logged into growth curves; calcium, cleaning, and sheds checked off as they happen. It deliberately contains no care advice — your vet and care sheets stay in charge; the app just remembers. Bilingual, fully offline, one-time purchase — no ads, no subscription, no in-app purchases.
Quick reference
- Hatchling (0–6m): daily. Juvenile: every other day. Adult: every 2–3 days.
- Prey no wider than the space between the eyes.
- Juveniles: calcium + D3 every meal; adults: plain calcium 1–2×/week.
- Tail base + weight curve beat any fixed chart.
Exotic Pet Log
A living record for every animal you keep: feeding countdowns, growth curves, shedding history, cost tracking. Records only — no care advice. One-time purchase, no ads, fully offline.
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