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Why the hell wont he eat? He wont eat meal worms, super meal worms, large meal worms, wax worms, crickets, or freeze dried crickets. He will only eat baby food. I even tried to crush up meal worms and wax worms and mix them in with his baby food. even then he wont eat it. He will only eat the baby food. What the hell is wrong with him? Why wont he eat some real food? What can I do? I have had him for 2 months now. He has shed a few times already. But his only food is the baby food I give him from an eye dropper. GOD DAMNIT!!!!

I had one that went on a hunger strike for nearly 2 months. Made me nuts having to feed her with a syringe to give him baby food. Then one day out of the blue i dropped in a cricket and watched and boom she ate it...dropped in a few more....boom she ate those too. Now shes the biggest pig I have. When she quit eating i took her to the vet along with a fresh fecal sample and vet said nothing was wrong with her. I said how could that be? She wont eat!!! she said in the wild she would have died. Since I was force feeding her that kept her going till whatever was wrong with her was over and she decided to eat again. These critters are so small and delicate there is no telling sometimes whats going on. All tests can come back negative but they still wont eat. Guess its natures way of natural selection.
I know its frustrating but just keep doing what your doing and one day dont feed her the baby food but offer a cricket or 2 and see what happens. She may just surprise you and go for it.

Are you talking about Gekko vittatus. I have had no problems with mine eating. How do you have them set up?