Most lizards and geckos eat only crickets and meal worms. Some larger lizards like bearded dragons, Chinese water dragons, and even some adult leopard geckos will eat pinkies and superworms. After having your reptile for a while, you'll find a feeding pattern. I buy 12 - 18 crickets every Wednesday and Thursday. Some reptiles will eat one thing and one thing only while others will eat a variety of foods. Reggie will only eat crickets, she wouldn't think about eating anything else while Wylie will eat anything I give her, she's even eaten the crickets' vegetables before. Turtles and snakes can be the same way. My turtle is supposed to be an omnivore but she won't even glance at the meat or worms I've tried to feed her. Some snakes will only eat rats and not mice while others will only eat frozen or live food.
Snakes poop 2-3 days after they eat and generally when they poop they are ready to eat again. Snakes can eat food the size of their girth so you don't want to feed a baby corn snake a fuzzie. Lizards can eat food the same size as their head.
A Guide To Mice and Rats (Smallest to Largest)
Pinkie - newborn with no fur and eyes still closed
Fuzzie - slightly larger than a pinkie, fur has just come in and eyes are open
Small mouse/rat - Self explanatory
Medium mouse/rat - Self explanatory
Large mouse/rat - Self explanatory
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