{"topic_id":"evidence_exotic_gecko_nutrition","category":"evidence","context":"---\ntopic_id: evidence_exotic_gecko_nutrition\ncategory: evidence\ntitle: \"Pet gecko (leopard / crested / captive) — diet & nutrition — representative studies (Europe PMC)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Europe PMC REST search (europepmc.org), query '(leopard gecko OR crested gecko OR pet gecko OR captive gecko) AND (diet OR nutrition OR feeding OR husbandry)', 199 hits, pulled 2026-07-22\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_evidence_exotic_gecko_nutrition_2026-07-22.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-22\ntokens_estimated: 260\nverification:\n  method: substring_match\n  claims: 30\n  passed: 30\n  date: 2026-07-22\n---\n\n# Pet gecko (leopard / crested / captive) — diet & nutrition — representative studies (Europe PMC)\n\nSource: Europe PMC (Europe PubMed Central) REST search, query \"(leopard gecko OR crested gecko OR pet gecko OR captive gecko) AND (diet OR nutrition OR feeding OR husbandry)\", 199 hits (2026-07-22). Each entry is a first-hand peer-reviewed study; the abstract opening is quoted verbatim from the publisher abstract. 6 representative studies below (filtered for species + nutrition relevance).\n\n1. PMID 41940386 — Changes in housing and diet combined increase fecal oxyurid load in captive tokay geckos. (PeerJ, 2026). Abstract (opening): Reptiles are increasingly popular as exotic pets and can suffer high mortality risks in captivity, yet research into their welfare remains limited. Commonly occurring practices suc\n2. PMID 41437490 — Accuracy and Completeness of AI Chatbot Responses for Leopard Gecko ( (Journal of applied animal welfare science : JAAWS, 2025). Abstract (opening): Large Language Models (LLMs) like OpenAI's ChatGPT-4o and Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro are increasingly used to retrieve care advice on specialized topics including exotic pet husbandry\n3. PMID 40987466 — Iridophoroma in Leopard Geckos (Eublepharis macularius): Clinical Complications and Histopathology. (Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS, 2025). Abstract (opening): Leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius) with lemon frost morphologies are predisposed to iridophoroma, attributed to a tumor suppressor gene mutation also associated with melanoma \n4. PMID 41970336 — Beyond Species Diversity: Functional Approaches Reveal Consistent Fauna Community Responses to Exotic Grass Invasion in Arid Lands. (Ecology and evolution, 2026). Abstract (opening): Fauna communities respond to exotic plant invasions through multiple pathways, including via changes to habitat structure and food resources and depending on the scale at which fau\n5. PMID 38066945 — Sensory Stimulation as a Means of Sustained Enhancement of Well-Being in Leopard Geckos, (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2023). Abstract (opening): Although the private keeping of reptiles has boomed in most western countries since the millennium, studies dealing with the recognition and promotion of welfare in these reptiles \n6. PMID 41102773 — Gastrointestinal apicomplexan parasites of captive reptiles: diversity, causes, consequences. (BMC veterinary research, 2025). Abstract (opening): Captive reptiles frequently suffer from gastrointestinal parasites, which stem from their breeding conditions such as limited space and frequent contact with faeces, high numbers o\n\nNote: study selection and synthesis are left to the API consumer; this topic only surfaces primary sources with verbatim abstract openings.\n\nSource text: `pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_evidence_exotic_gecko_nutrition_2026-07-22.txt` (Europe PMC REST + PubMed efetch, 2026-07-22).\n","sources":[],"tokens_estimated":260,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}