How much and how often should I feed my adult leopard gecko?

[sachen]

I have access to crickets, mealworms, super worms, wax worms, butter worms, silkworms, hornworms

 

[JessJohnson87]

I feed mine 3 roaches, 8 crickets, 10 mealworms, 2 wax worms maybe once a week, 1 or 2 hornworms when I get them. I alternate between those feeders and I feed 3 times a week, some do twice a week.

 

[indyana]

Totally depends upon weight/size. I feel most of my adults 2-3 times a week. If the gecko is getting too chubby, they may only get 1-2 larger insects or 10 mealworms twice a week. If the gecko needs to gain weight, they'll get 2-5 larger insects and a dish full of mealworms every other day. It's based on what the gecko will eat in a day or two. I basically don't want to see food still running around the cage on the next feeding night.

 

[Neon Aurora]

I agree, it depends on the individual. I don't like to see any of my geckos too fat. I have one female that gains weight so easily that I only feed her about 10 mealworms a week. Then I have another female that I'm battling with to get her to gain weight and I feed her a big bowl-full of mealies (about 20) every day.

So you'll probably want to experiment. Decide what your geckos ideal weight is and try to keep it there. As a rough estimate, I like my females in the 60-70 gram range (unless they are breeding, then they can be as fat as they want) and my males in the 80-90 gram range. Deciding where they are in that range depends on their size (i.e., larger males will want to be closer to 90)

 

[Kristof]

My females get fed every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. My new male is yet to be on a schedule (Got him like 8 days ago) but he will probably be twice a week as he's super fat haha. I would agree and say it depends on the individual.

 

[sachen]

How much do you feed?