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He wont eat

Super_Gecko Sep 27, 2003 10:18 PM

i got a leo and he wont eat very much he is not impacted because he got checked bye the vet and he dint have an internal parisite (got a stool samle checked) he has lost alot of weight sinse i got him about a month ago and isprety skinny know he in the past month has only eaten about 3 mealworms 4 krickets and 2waxworm and is only about 6in long i dont know wats wrong and he is super skittish like you look at him and he runs to his hous his cage is kept at 89 dgrs cool side and 95 hot side nite hes at 78 whith heat lamp on whith red bulb please help! (i think hes just not a big eater) thanks

Replies (1)

RedQuake Sep 28, 2003 05:47 AM

I don't know what others would say but 95 is pretty warm, so is 89 for the cool side. Are you using an under tank heater?

My leos are at 88-90 on the warm side and around 80 on the cool side.

Red
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