Feeding
This gecko is a true insectivore and will readily accept small live prey such as crickets and mealworms. Hatchling Pictus Geckos should be fed appropriately sized crickets dusted with a reptile vitamin supplement on a daily basis (feed as many as the gecko will eat in a 20 minute period). Once they become juveniles, feeding should be reduced to 5 to 6 times a week with appropriately sized crickets and they should be dusted with vitamins only once or twice a week. The feedings that the crickets are not dusted with vitamins they should be dusted with a pure calcium powder. Also mealworms can be place in a dish in the tank at all times; these geckos will not overeat if they are not hungry. A good rule of thumb for cricket sizes is that the cricket should be no longer than the distance between the eyes of the gecko. Usually they eat 2-3 crickets, but if you don't like the crickets, you can buy silkworms. Silkworms are usually not sold in petstores but there are many online breeders.
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