Pet leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius) — diet & nutrition — representative studies (Europe PMC)
Source: Europe PMC REST search, query "(leopard gecko OR Eublepharis macularius) AND (diet OR nutrition OR feeding OR husbandry)", 138 hits (2026-07-22). 4 representative studies below (filtered for species + nutrition relevance).
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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Source text: pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_evidence_exotic_leopard_gecko_nutrition_2026-07-22.txt (Europe PMC REST + PubMed efetch, 2026-07-22).