Leopard Gecko Cricket Bite. The breeder advised me to remove all decor from the tank before placing in the crickets before removing any uneaten ones an hour or two later. Crickets are a good source of nutrition for leopard geckos but there are other feeders out there that can be given to them as alternatives that are just as good.
Generally though a leopard geckos bite is not very painful and most of the damage if any will come from the victim panicking and ripping the gecko off themselves. Leopard geckos will do very well on a diet of mealworms and crickets. Bite from adult gryllus assimilis after this devastating situation i contacted at least a dozen major cricket breeders recounting this experience and soliciting more information regarding the jamaican field cricket.
The common leopard gecko eublepharis macularius is a cathemeral ground dwelling lizard native to the rocky dry grassland and desert regions of afghanistan pakistan north west india mid western nepal and iran the common leopard gecko has become a popular pet and due to extensive captive breeding is sometimes referred to as the first domesticated species of lizard.
Will crickets or locusts bite a leopard gecko if left inside the tank. However there is a chance that you could actually pick up a bacterial infection. However these aren t the best feeders so they shouldn t be used as a staple diet. Feeder insects i use are silkworms mealworms roaches and crickets with the legs on one side of the body pulled off.
