I have a leapord gecko that I got from a friend about 2 years ago. She says she had her for about 5 years before that. She is not eating. When I try crickets she seems to get stressed out. She acts like she sees the movement but it makes her nervous. I have tried mealworms and that worked for a while because they didn't move as fast as crickets but now she won't eat those either. I have talked to a vet and they said that sometimes when a gecko gets older they will get cataracts and won't see well, which explains a lot. I am now hand feeding her a mixture of chicken baby food mixed with 'kaytee baby bird formula' which I have been told has all the vitamins etc she needs. I drop the mixture on her nose and she licks it off. Is there anything else any of you would recommend?? Any help or suggestion would be greatly apprectiated. Thank you!!
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You can try a superworm. They're larger than crickets or mealworms and move around more than mealworms. They're also darker coloured and provide more contrast if the gecko is having eye problems.
Another thing I've noticed with my gecko is that he doesn't seem all that thrilled about smaller food items, but will get really excited with bigger ones. He'll casually chomp away at mealworms, but he goes into hunting mode and buzzes his tail before striking at a superworm.
Is the gecko an albino? I know some albino geckos are sensitive to bright light.
-Lemur 6
It's a leapord gecko. By the way...what is the average life of a leapord gecko??
I think the record is around 30 years or something, I may be a few years off, but they are a long lived lizard
I have a blind hatchling that wouldn't eat at first, but she readily took meat and apricot baby food. She's a year old now, and really healthy. If she responds well to the food your dropping on her nose, you can try this:
Take a big cricket or worm or whatever you use for food, chop it in half, and put a little drop of the yummy insect juice on the leo's nose. It worked like a charm with my blind leo, and now she'll accept food items as soon as she licks them 
