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Leo Eating

DeltaWoods Dec 08, 2003 07:29 PM

I am concerned about my leo. For about the past 2 months her eating habits have been very weird. Sometimes she will eat like a pig for a whole week but then not eat at all for the next 2 weeks. She isnt losing any weight at all. In fact, she looks a little too fat. But anyway, more recently, she has taken to eating about 20 mealies about once a week. She seems very healthy and is still active. Could this keep caused by the change in seasons or something? Temps are correct and i keep her on paper towels. She also has a calcium dish available to her at all times. I dust the mealies with calcium also. Her feces also look perfect, as perfect as feces can look anyway. is it possible she gorges herself so much she is unable to eat for a long time afterwards? I checked her stomach and there are no blue blotches or anything else that would signal internal bleeding or anything like that. Usually when she eats she will go to the bathroom the next day but then nothing for about a week after that since she wont eat. Well thanks for all the help.

Rob Woods

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jag Dec 08, 2003 07:40 PM

Sounds like the weather to me. I have a few that stopped eating exceot for a little here or there, I have been told it is due to the weather. I noticed one began to eat like a pig. she would eat like 3 crix every 3-4 days or so. After one night I noticed her out so I put a cricket in her cage and she gabbled it down so I gave her another and another. She went to 18 then stopped. After a few days of this I noticed that the food was getting ate quick. Guess what. Shes pregnant. SHe finally deiced to produce some eggs form when she was rapped by my male like 4 months ago.
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