so here is some background.
my leo was pregnant and was laying eggs fine, but she was laying them every 3 weeks and she was loosing weight. well she had held on to her last eggs for like 5 weeks and then laid them but she had a hard time and lost a lot of weight. she has no tail reserve to speak of. also the eggs were smaller than any of her other ones. so after her last eggs she did not eat for a couple of days and then ate 2 crickets(thats nothing for her) well i picked her up to weigh her and she jumped out of my hands. she was only about 10 inches above the cage floor. at that time she seemed ok. the next day she hid and the day after that she was walking funny. so i isolated her and put her in a quite room with her own cage, hides and food bowls. i left her alone a couple of days and tried feeding her with no luck i di this for 2 weeks and she was getting emaciated. her spine was noticable and her shoulder blades also. so i started giving her water, calcum dust and crushed mealies and waxies in a syringe and dripping on her nose. that worked ok but not enough so i would put it right into her mouth and that worked great.all in the same time i kept trying to get her to eat on her own. so she has not been putting weight back on but she is not loosing weight either. so after i cleaned my other cages and then i had to put her somewhere to clean the cage she was in so i put her back with the others and they were eating so i kept an eye on her and them and wouldnt ya know it after being in their not 2 minutes she ate 2 crickets on her own!!!!!!the other geckos didnt care that she was gone they did not wave thier tails they just looked at her and kept on eating, like she never left.

so why would my gecko not eat on her own in isolation in perfect conditions but then go back in the colony and eat just fine right away?
should i leave her or reisolate her until she is back up to weight and just feed her with the others?
these things are what keep me interested in reptiles. once ya think ya know it all something else pops up.
adam
p.s. this was posted in leos health and diet also
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