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diet of leos

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Question
I heard leos will eat some plants like arugala. Will they? If they wil is there a fruit that they will eat? Does it matter on the omnivorous diet as an adult or juvenile. does it matter if they are male or female?

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                Sam Hamway

Answer
You can offer your leo the arugula, but chances are he won't eat it.  One of mine does like to nibble on watermelon and the other one won't touch anything other than insects...
With the watermelon, and I am sure some other fruits, they may just lick at them to get the water from them.  Feel free to offer some fruits..but stay away from things like oranges, etc due to the high acid content.
The only difference in the diets of an adult and a juvy are the size of the insects.  
With females, if you are going to breed, its important to make sure they have access to a good calcium at all times and dust the insects more often with the calcium and vitamins. They need the extra calcium when forming the eggs. If they don't have enough calcium during that time, the eggs will draw calcium from the leos bones, risking them developing metabolic bone disease.