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my leo went off crickets so i bought her some waxworms for a treat, seen as they are addictive she only had acouple a day for a week, so i buy her some mealies but she wont eat them, what do i do?
cheers jenni

Question is - do you have the will to do it.

Take out all the food for 3 days. Then after the 3-day fast - put in about 15 of the squirmiest mealies you can find in a dish.

Leave it in overnight.

If she doesn't eat - take it out again for another day or 2 and repeat the drill.

After awhile, she will get hungry and eat.

Sounds cruel, but it works.

Good luck.
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Monte Meyer
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Mealworms . . . .you can't eat just one

I had to do this with the bibron i have, three months of it. He finally started eating again last week.
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Israel

Went off crickets? Refusing to accept a food item she used to take could mean there is a medical problem, too.

I DONT THINK THERE IS A MEDICAL PROBLEM, GECKOS DO THAT ALL THE TIME. N/P. JUST DONT SCARE PEOPLE IF YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOR ARE SAYING, MEDICAL PROBLEMS, COME ON!!!, YOU GUYS GIVE ME SOME SUPPORT!!!

That it doesnt mean theres a medical problem if a gecko goes off a certain type of food. Now if they go off food COMPLETELY they're MAY be a problem, i think this is what he ment.

Yea adult albino went off of crickets completely, she just won't eat them...so I got some mealies, and she loves them. She just got tired of crickets. She is extremely healthy. But you must always consider that there could be a medical problem, but just because they stop eating a certain type of food does not mean that there is a medical problem.
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Skipping a meal or two, sure, but going off their feed entirely? I think not. I've never seen a lizard do that, unless they are extremely stressed, ill, at non-optimal temperatures, or gravid and about to lay.

shes not ill cuz shell eat waxworms in a shot, i think she might just have got addicted to em!
ill try the 3 day wait thing
cheers everyone
jenni