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So it's been 4 days after the gecko shed, and he's still not eating..

Temperatures are right, between 94-80 (80-75 at night), he's on tile (was on paper towels at his old house) and i'm offering him the same foodstuffs as they were. Any ideas?

Ok temps are 85-90 hot side and should be 70-75 cool side. You should have 2 sufficient hides one humid one cool. You should have a dish of PURE calcuim with NO D3 in it inside the cage at all times. What are you feeding? And how? Is it going to the bathroom at all? If so i would take a fecal asap to the vet, could be internal parasites as well.

Leopard Geckos thermoregulate pretty well, and he has been on the hot side of his cage since I got him. He has 3 hides, 1 humid, just like all of my other geckos who are doing fine. He's got calcium, crickets/mealworms/supers/waxworms (i've tried everything I can get my hands on) He's dumped twice, but not since he shed, and I doubt, though not ruling out, that there are parasites, because he is plump and his tail is fat. If he had had parasites, I don't think he would be as fat as he is with the way the previous family was taking care of him.

Sorry to hear about your guy not eating. And as for the thermoregulation, I'm with you on that. The lizards are smarter than we are when it comes to their body temp. Anyway, could it be a later hibernation/brumation? One of my geckos stopped eating last week, and now she's eating tons and back to normal. I guess I wouldn't sweat it if he's as plump as you say, sounds like he can go without for awhile. Also, is it maybe related to breeding at all? Can he maybe see or smell females around. I don't know, just some thoughts. Good luck.

No clue about the hibernation, I suppose that could be a possibility. His last home had him in a 40g breeder that was just filthy, and all they had on him was a 50watt heat lamp, so the higher temperatures might be tweaking him a bit. He had a lot of stuck shed that i've since removed, so I suppose the soaks could have stressed him out a bit, but other than that i've no ideas. I'll take pictures when I get home later, as i'm in class until 5. The only other gecko in the same room as this one is male, and even then that one is across the room. There hasn't been any cross contamination between cages, and the cage the rescue is in now was sterilized before he was ever in it. My only thought is that his past family fed him too many wax worms (there were tons on the floor of his cage) and now he won't eat anything else. He won't touch crickets, and all he does is lick the super worms. He didn't have a stable calcium source in his last home, though they were dusting his food..so who knows. His jaw seems pretty tough, so I doubt it's floppy jaw or any other MBD sort of thing.

Any more ideas?

I would also check the tile too .. incase of your leopard gecko might burn her feet .. ? just apointer '

someone explained the rest good .

christina

Ok. So i would take a fecal example to the vet and just be safe that he has no internal parasites. Although it does sound like he is just addicted to waxworms. You can mush up waxworms and rub it on the crix or mealies to trick him into eating. Or you could mush them all up together and try force feeding. Although i am not fond of force feeding some people can tend to over feed and then they will vomit and become even more lethargic. Just a thought!! Good luck and hope you get those pics soon! I love pictures!!

I wonder if I should just leave him until he eats what i'm giving him. I'm going to change him off the tile pretty soon, because it's conducting more heat than I want it to. I wish a 10g would be wide enough for slate..oh well. He's drinking water, so at least he's hydrated..

You could try a 20l which would be best for him for ever better then a 10g anyways and see what happens with the slate. I use papertowels and never have any problems.