{"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: paraphrase\n  claims: 3\n  passed: 3\n  date: 2026-07-22\nsource_document: \"Veterinary / medical evidence (guideline or study) — PMID 41940386\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Europe PMC\"\n  title: \"Pet gecko (leopard / crested / captive) — diet & nutrition — representative studies (Europe PMC)\"\n  url: \"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41940386/\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-22\"\n  ref: \"PMID 41940386\"\n  doc_type: \"official PDF\"\n  needs_review: false\ncopyright_note: \"Mixed licensing per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3: Open Access (CC BY) studies retained verbatim with attribution; non-Open-Access studies paraphrased as derived fact summaries (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten).\"\nlicense: mixed\nauthority_tier: T2\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T2:oa-repo\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-04\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 *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*\n2. 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  *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*\n3. 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 *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*\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\n## License & attribution\n\nMixed licensing per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3: Open Access (CC BY / CC BY-NC /\nCC BY-NC-ND) studies are reproduced verbatim with attribution under their specific\nCC license; non-Open-Access studies are paraphrased as derived fact summaries\n(numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten). Original records:\n- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41940386/\n- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38066945/\n- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41102773/\n\n## Cleaning removal log (2026-08-05, codebuddy)\nPMID 41437490 — labeled off-topic/mis-clustered: AI chatbot reliability for gecko care, not gecko nutrition\nPMID 40987466 — labeled off-topic/mis-clustered: leopard gecko iridophoroma health condition, not nutrition\nPMID 41970336 — arid-land fauna community response to exotic grass invasion; not gecko and gecko not named\n","sources":["Europe PMC — Pet gecko (leopard / crested / captive) — diet & nutrition — representative studies (Europe PMC) (retrieved 2026-07-22)"],"source":{"authority":"Europe PMC","title":"Pet gecko (leopard / crested / captive) — diet & nutrition — representative studies (Europe PMC)","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41940386/","retrieved":"2026-07-22","ref":"PMID 41940386","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Veterinary / medical evidence (guideline or study) — PMID 41940386","verification_file":"pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_evidence_exotic_gecko_nutrition_2026-07-22.txt"},"source_document":"Veterinary / medical evidence (guideline or study) — PMID 41940386","source_file":"pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_evidence_exotic_gecko_nutrition_2026-07-22.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T2","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"mixed","display_grade":"B"},"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."}