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just wondering if anyone has any advice on how to get a leo to eat again.
my female hasnt eaten for a while now although there are always mealies in her tank and i often offer her them by hand but she wont take them?
thanks

I have a female tremper albino who is a very picky eater. Her name is Peggy and she only likes de-legged crickets. She will turn her nose up at every other type of food I offer. She isn’t a good hunter, and she only catches crix that get stuck in the corner for a bit. She has always had fresh mealies in her cage just in case she decided to try something different, but she has never touched them. Try pinkies, wax worms, and crix if you haven’t yet. Some leos just have expensive tastes. Here is a picture of her:

I've tried the no food method it works fine. .. unless they are off food full stop.

I like the fact you have to de-leg your crix! Quite funny how picky they are. My two will eat anything at all. My male is as slow as hell and take about 8 attempts untill he catches something. The female on the other hand is like a cat. I've seen her stalk crix for a few minutes following it up and along the hanging bark. She even does that cool tail movement every time before she pounces. Everytime I've watched I've never seen her miss a shot!

I was in that exact posision a while back my aft wasn't eating, I tried a cricket one day, with the head removed, and he gobbled it down, so try a few crix,and use tweezers with the neck (head removed) facing towards the geckos face, let it snff t then he'll ether turn away, or he'll eat it (use caution with tweezers, i have some very small doctors clamps with blunt edges.) i say use tweezers, because, if the little one goes after it, then your fingers don't want to be in the way.
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