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My gecko pretty much does not care about food at all. She is very thin, and haveing trouble shedding. She is about 7" long. from the day i got her she had a poor appitite(sp?). So after reading through your forums I decided to schedule her for an appointment with the doctor to see if she had parasites. she checked out fine and healthy but when I got he home. she has acted different since then. Before she was friendly you could put your hand in her cage and she would walk right it, and crawl up your arm. now, when I do the same thing she runs away.

I have tried feeding her crickets which she loved for a week then ignored, then i tried mealworms, she ate them for a couple of days then ignored. I had the same result with waxworms. super worms , and giant mealworms. now she ignores everything.

lastly i got home last night and noticed she was shedding. i figured no biggy then i get home tonight and she is basking in her water dish at the same point of shedding which is about half way down her back...

sorry for the horrible grammer

Make sure all your husbandry issues are correct. Temps,humid hide, water dish, substrate, temp gradient,etc. Second thing I would purchase some Repta-aid. Just by reading the ingredients on the back of the package I think its superior to the other popular reptile meal supplement on the market. Try this a couple of times a day. Just remember this leopard is stressed. Its going to take time and patience to see her back to recovery. I would also recommend keeping her in a humid hide and temporarly do away with the regular dry hide. Make her two of them. One on the cool side and one on the over the warm side of her tank. If you have any other questions or would like to discuss it further feel free to email me!

You didnt mention anything about her stool.
Reason i bring this up is it sounds like she may be impacted.
I had a gecko in the past that experienced the same symptoms.
If impacted she may not be able to eat because it has nowhere to go. laying in the water gave me this thought

>>My gecko pretty much does not care about food at all. She is very thin, and haveing trouble shedding. She is about 7" long. from the day i got her she had a poor appitite(sp?). So after reading through your forums I decided to schedule her for an appointment with the doctor to see if she had parasites. she checked out fine and healthy but when I got he home. she has acted different since then. Before she was friendly you could put your hand in her cage and she would walk right it, and crawl up your arm. now, when I do the same thing she runs away.
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>>I have tried feeding her crickets which she loved for a week then ignored, then i tried mealworms, she ate them for a couple of days then ignored. I had the same result with waxworms. super worms , and giant mealworms. now she ignores everything.
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>>lastly i got home last night and noticed she was shedding. i figured no biggy then i get home tonight and she is basking in her water dish at the same point of shedding which is about half way down her back...
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>>sorry for the horrible grammer

she does not eat so i would assume she has nothing to crap out but she craps useually once a day but sometimes it is liquidy.