Pet gecko (leopard / crested / captive) — diet & nutrition — representative studies (Europe PMC)
Source: 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).
- 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.]*
- 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.]*
- 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.]*
Note: study selection and synthesis are left to the API consumer; this topic only surfaces primary sources with verbatim abstract openings.
Source text: pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_evidence_exotic_gecko_nutrition_2026-07-22.txt (Europe PMC REST + PubMed efetch, 2026-07-22).
License & attribution
Mixed licensing per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3: Open Access (CC BY / CC BY-NC / CC BY-NC-ND) studies are reproduced verbatim with attribution under their specific CC license; non-Open-Access studies are paraphrased as derived fact summaries (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten). Original records:
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41940386/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38066945/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41102773/
Cleaning removal log (2026-08-05, codebuddy)
PMID 41437490 — labeled off-topic/mis-clustered: AI chatbot reliability for gecko care, not gecko nutrition PMID 40987466 — labeled off-topic/mis-clustered: leopard gecko iridophoroma health condition, not nutrition PMID 41970336 — arid-land fauna community response to exotic grass invasion; not gecko and gecko not named