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I've had Sadie (year old) since mid-October and it took her several weeks to first eat the mealies I tried giving her every evening. After that early adjustment period, she was fine and ate every day. I had to go out of town for the holidays and was gone for a week - I came back on December 28th expecting her to be starving. I had left tons of mealies for her in a dish while I was gone, but she never seemed to eat out of dishes and so I didn't expect her to have eaten any of them. She had plenty of water. She did not eat for me at all, but she did run to the front of her cage to greet me. I figured she was still adjusting and so gave her several days - but still not eating. About 4 days ago, she shed and so I thought that might be why she didn't eat. But still nothing no interest in the food. I'm at a loss. Nothing has changed in her cage - same temps (88 on the warm side, 78 in the room), light cycle for day/night. Any suggestions? It has been 3 weeks since she last ate (2 if she ate anything while I was gone).

I have had perfectly healthy, fat geckos go off food (entirely or eating very little) for several weeks in the wintertime. I don't cool my geckos, but I think some choose do do their own semi-brumation of their own accord in winter, spending more time on cool side and eating less or stopping entirely for a bit. If they are fat, otherwise appear healthy, no runny stools, are not on granular substrate, and don't appear eggbound (look at tummy), I wouldn't worry. You could raise the warm side temp to 90° though.
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Sarah Stettler aka Starling
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She is actually spending all her time on the warm side - I'll bump it up a notch to 90 though. She appears healthy - fat tail. Kind of lethargic, but I think that is just how she is - she moves around the cage though. On paper towels. I'll check her tummy - how can you tell if she's egg bound???

I take it you just have the one leo and she has not been exposed to mail. Even so, sometimes females will produce aggs even without mating (infertile, of course) and can still become eggbound. If you look at her belly and her abdomen is swollen and you see white shapes in there she may be eggbound. She's probably just taking her winter "vacation"
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Sarah Stettler aka Starling
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