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August 5, 2026

# Feeding leopard geckos with mealworms

## Mealworms in a dish – simple and low-stress

### Why mealworms?

On virtually every farm – we source around 80 % of our animals from Tramper Farm in the USA – leopard geckos are fed exclusively on appropriately sized mealworms. Small worms for small geckos.

### It really is this simple

1. Put a shallow dish in the vivarium.
2. Add mealworms and a cuttlefish bone, and leave both in place.
3. Do not forget fresh water.

That leaves you with feeding duties only once or twice a week.

Many leopard geckos will not take crickets at all, and mainly find them stressful – which in turn can lead to digestive problems.

Do not keep too many animals together: 3 to 5 is the maximum. Every additional animal adds stress.

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