Can a leopard gecko eat chicken?

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If its the size of a cricket and it has no bones or anything is it dangerous? why shouldnt geckos be fed chicken?? shouldnt geckos enjoy chicken too??
 
First of all I doubt a gecko would eat chicken. They hunt mainly by movement and it's difficult to get them to eat anything that isn't alive. Some people have luck with freeze dried insects but mine just like moving things. They won't recognize chicken as being a food source. If they did eat it then it wouldn't hurt them but I doubt they would.

Also chicken isn't a complete nutrition source. It's like a person can't exist on a diet of only chicken. Neither can a gecko. Because chicken doesn't have all vitamins and calcium needed by geckos. The insects we feed them are a little better because they are gut loaded to have proper nutrition but you need to dust them anyway to make sure.
 
It COULD, I suppose, but it certainly SHOULDN'T. Geckos are not accustomed to eating meats - they will have problems digesting it and will not receive all the proper nutrients from it.

Leopard geckos do best when fed insects. I suggest crickets dusted with some calcium powder and meal-worms. I have provided a link that provides a more in-depth description of how to properly feed your gecko.
 
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