A Bizarre flavored feeder ...

This thought just came to me. I know that people all use and except many a feeder insects to give their geckos. I also know that most geckos hunt by movement, but what if you had a gecko or geckos that were smart enough to recognize food without movement. Then the thought hit me could you feed leos, or any geckos for that matter other forms of protein such as cooked chicken or fish. The food would be cooked and then cooled before feeding of coarse but would that not be cool? I highly doubt that a leo would except such a food item however. What do you think?

Try it and let me know.

I would be worried if the geckos body could metabalize the chicken
I dont think it would be a good idea

dennis is right in a sense,the plain cooked chicken would not have the right amount of vitamins and calcium or fat that crickets would have but some people feed their leos pinkys but but still a good vitamin powder with some calcium added would be best dusted on the crickets or pinky. some expert can give you the exact formulas. a long long time ago I knew a guy that fed pork to his jackson chameleon it did not last long.
my newbe opinion

Agreed, just meat (human food) does not usually work well for any reptile as an exclusive. Even monitors and tegus get messed up after a while.

A good friend of mine feeds his adult leo's raw ground turkey with vitamins mixed in. He's been doing it for upwars of 10 years. Dennis is right about the metabolizing part... you can't feed them as regulary - the meat is very fatty. Can cause 'fatty liver'. I haven't tried it myself, but I'm told it's easy to get them feeding on it if you use tongs. Once they get the hang of it, they will literally scurry to the dish at feeding time.

I'm not condoning it, just saying that I know someone who does it. The only reason I am afraid to do it is for fear fo the raw meat spoiling. I know not to leave leftovers in overnight, but still a fear I have in the back of my head.

One thing I will say - you can barely tell half of his breeders even laid eggs at the end of the season. They stay thick!

~Hailey

I was not very sure about the proper mixture ect...
thanks for the info

A single meat source wouldn't have all of the required dietary elements...no animal can live on just a single meat source for that reason. For animals like cats people think "oh they eat meat in the wild...I can just feed her raw chicken and she'll be good!" SO WRONG....they eat more than just meat in the wild...they eat the whole animal...bones, liver, brain, etc... Meat itself does not provide all essential dietary elements...and cooking it destroys many of the elements it does have.

I agree with the fact that a varied diet is key for proper health. I just thought it an interesting idea if it were possible. And even if it was, i would be hesitant, and even if they did receive this type of protein it would only be as a treat. Just my thoughts on the manner. I personally will probably never feed my leos such food items, i just thought it would be an interesting question to bring up.

Keep in mind that leos are insectivores, they don't eat fish, chicken, turkey, or cow in the wild.