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I tried to feed her powdered crickets, unpowdered, powdered mealworms, unpowdered, waxworms and everything. She is active. Not grouchy at all. I haven't seen her sip on any water either. She seems to be plump. I took her to the vet and the vet said she seemed to be perfectly fine.

Her cage temp is currently 81 degrees. With a 75watt UV and a Heat rock.

Email -- jopherbmth187@hotmail.com

the cage temp might be a little low. try high 80s.. if that doesnt work, keep offering food and she'll eat when she's ready..
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1.1 Western Painted Turtle (Mougly, Scooter)
1.1 Albino Leopard Gecko (Daphne, Guy)
1.0 High Yellow Leopard Gecko (Sunshine)
1.1 HTCT Leopard Gecko (Rocket, Dot)
0.1 SHTCT Leopard Gecko (Tequila)

I have it at a steady 83 right now. She still isn't eating. I'm going to wait 2 days from now. And try and offer her some freeze dried mealworms. If that doesn't work. Then I don't know what to do. Thanks for the reply.

-Joey

83F is fine at night, but you should be near 90F in the daytime for proper digestion. For the love of everything, lose the heat rock. Get a UTH if you don't already have one, these are the best option for belly heat.

First of all, is this an adult? She could be in her brumation/ hibernation/ egg producing period. It is about that time of year for most geckos, a little past, but she could be slow if the temps are so low.

If you suspect it isn't "that time of the year" then you can try offering vanilla flavored Ensure (see any of my posts similar to this one) to jump start her appetite and make sure what goes in comes out.

Try to get a weight on her and monitor her, if she drops more than a few grams then we can step up the treatments.
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0.1 Albino Leo Gecko
0.1 Crested Gecko
1.0 Dear Boyfriend
Departed: Harvey and Spock

I would have to definitely agree to the raising of the cage temp. Higher temperatures make wonders with Leopard Geckos and reptiles in general. If that does not work make sure the crickets that you are feeding her are not able to hide, i.e. under cage substrate or cage furniture. Feel free to email me for any more assistance.

Tarik Billingsley
Leatherneck Reptiles
www.lnreptiles.com

Leatherneck Reptiles

Thank you for the quick replies. Whenever I feed her I take all the stuff in there out except the calcium bowl and water bowl. She is 49.3 grams. Dont know the exact age right now.

I will try the Vanilla Ensure later on. I got her to eat a little piece of mealworm. But that its.

I think I just need to get her a male. Haha.
If anyone has any breeding tips or any Geckos for sale kind of cheap. Please Email me at jopherbmth187@hotmail.com

Thanks.

get your gecko eating and comfortable with the setup before you think about breeding. I would also, leave the cage set up the same as normal when feeding to minimize stress. dont take anything out..
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1.1 Western Painted Turtle (Mougly, Scooter)
1.1 Albino Leopard Gecko (Daphne, Guy)
1.0 High Yellow Leopard Gecko (Sunshine)
1.1 HTCT Leopard Gecko (Rocket, Dot)
0.1 SHTCT Leopard Gecko (Tequila)

I left the cage how it was for about 3 weeks of trying to feed her. I just tried to take everything out when I fed her. Doesn't work. But I'm just not going to have her in my breeding project for now until she does start to eat. I have her in there with a Juvi female also. I'm going to try taking her out and let her have her own cage and see if the little one was causing her stress.