have you had a fecal done? i wouldnt force feed him, this really can add to his stress and cause other problems all on its own. go to a petstore and get some baby parrot formula, then get some pedialyte and mix the two along with some water, offer him this via feeding syringe, this should get him started and he should take it willingly, just drop it onto his snout, make the mixture more on the watery side, he should lap it up. get a fecal into the vet to rule out parasites, double check your temps 105-115 basking surface temp and 80-85 ambient cool side temp. make sure you enclosure is nice and bright also. keep him on papertowels and his enclsoure nice and clean. let us know what you find out.. hope this helps some...







>>We purchased a baby from a well-known pet store 1 1/2 months ago. He ate a few crickets the first day or so and then stopped. Since then he hasn't eaten on his own. I waited about 3 days and he didn't eat. I started forcing 4-5 crickets to him daily and am now giving him the Repti-Aid concoction thru a syringe daily because he shows no interest in getting his own food. I did wait a few days in between and didn't force him to see if he would eat on his own and he didn't so I got scared he would get weak and die and started forcing him to eat again. He is active during the day and doesn't look sickly but he's not really growing either. I don't want to have to force him to eat forever but don't know how long I should let him go without eating on his own. After a couple of days without food he starts looking thin and drawn. He is 6" long. The crickets I offer him are 1/4" pinheads so I don't think they're too large. I also put veggies in the cage. He has a heat lamp and I just recently got the UVB light. Could the lack of the UVB be his problem? How can I turn him on to getting his own food? Thanks
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