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Hey folks.

Well, I was housing my approx. 1 year old male leo with an approx. same age male pictus gecko.

Up until recently, everything was fine between them. But lately Ive witnessed aggression from the pictus at feeding time. This being the case, I move the leo in a new, much larger enclosure.

A day or so before I removed him, the leo stopped eatting. He had been eatting mealworms/occasionalwaxworm dusted with powdered calcium. He was even taking superworms from the hand. He was growing, shed and looked great.

Now hes still not eatting, and has developed a slight twitch in his front legs when he moves. I see it when he moves (ie, forward motion) it seems like he reaches out a few times, but Im starting to think its some kind of twitch. Wish I could get video on the internet

Im sure that dosnt say much, but I hope you can give me SOME advice.

Taking it to a vet isnt an option til next week sometime due to work and vet location, so Im hoping you can help me out abit. Im gonna try offering calcium, as I found a post about cresteds and that was suggested; maybe itll help.

It was probably stressed. They will stop eating when stressed, which the agression towards it would cause the stress. The move probably just amplified the stress. If it's tail is fat enough, it should be ok for a little while without food, give it some time to adjust. When you go to the vet though, remember to bring a sample of it's poop, so that you can have the vet rule out that it has a parasite. Also, for now try to limit your interaction with it, don't handle it, let it get comfortable in it's new home.

I would also bet it's stress related. Submissive ones can be driven to starvation from the stress of being bullied, and the move probably hasn't helped it much. If he's still healthy I'd give him a week or so to settle in, don't handle him just normal cleaning and such, and try feeding him again. Good luck with him.

Quig
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