I've heard the arguments against (and agree with) giving wild caught mice/rats to snakes. However, does this also apply to wild crickets for geckos? We live in a semi-rural area and have lots of crickets/grasshoppers around all summer/fall long. I would imagine they would be much healthier for our Leo in terms of nutrition.

Please tell me your thoughts on why I should or should not feed wild caught crickets to our Leo. And if there is some risk, what is it and how likely is it? We do not use bug poison or fertilizer; and we rarely use weed killer.

Thanks.