[header] How to feed a leopard gecko from your hand [title] Know what foods leopard geckos are able to eat. [step] If you are going to feed the leopard gecko a food, make sure it is appropriate to feed the food to it, like a meal-worm. If you are using a cricket, hold it by the back leg. 
Some crickets cooperate more than others and if the cricket moves around too much, the leg could come off. Don't do this with every food item you feed or the gecko will depend on you entirely.