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So I pulled my male out of his cool down about a week ago. I figured he might be hungry since he hasnt eaten in about two months. I put some super worms in his little bowl excieted to see him eat. To my astonishment, he won't touch them.

The person who I bought him from is a good friend of mine and told me that he loves the super worms, and so does the gecko.

I tried to explain to the lizard that the ladies arent going to notice him if he dosent bulk up. I plan to get him the ladies at the end of the month.

If anyone could explain to me what might be aleing him? It would be apreciative. Could he be depressed or stressed, or am I over analyzing the lizard?

He lives in a sweater box that is 80 degrees during the day and 75 at night.
Thanks
Jason

I am interested in hearing from others on this subject. I have posted the same thing twice in the last week and only received one other response hoping for the same info I was asking for.

Our girl was eating ~10 mealworms per day from Oct-Dec. I did not change the temps in the winter, kept them 90F on the warm side and 75 on the cool side. In January she stopped paying any attention to the mealworms. Since then she has maybe eaten 5 total. She continues to lick the calcium and drink water and her poop looks normal when she has eaten something. As of today, I don't think she has eaten a single mealworm in probably 4 weeks.

Any info would be greatly appreciated. Do those of you that have had leos for many years or have many of them, do they completely disregard food in the "winter". Again I am in FL, and the temps I have provided have not changed.

Matt

Matt

Have you checked to see if she is gravid? Have you weighed her to see if she is losing any weight? I'd be concerned if she is losing weight. Have you tried crickets to see if she just needs a change?

Regards,

Terry
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Terry Brashear
1.0.0 High Yellow
0.1.0 Lavender
0.1.0 Hypo Carrot-tail
2 eggs incubating
http://www.naturepixels.com/gecko

I have never had a gravid female, so I don't know. Do they not eat if they are gravid? She was with a male back in January before our sickness/vet mishap.

The current humid hide is just wet paper towels. Should I put in some other container just in case?

I have not tried crickets. I have a nice mealworm colony and didn't really want to risk getting her on crickets. I have heard bad things about the parasites in crickets.

Matt

You wrote:

I have never had a gravid female, so I don't know. Do they not eat if they are gravid? She was with a male back in January before our sickness/vet mishap.

Some geckos females will stop eating prior to laying. Mine did not, but that is not the norm. You can take a look at her belly to see if she has eggs. Don't turn her on her back though since they don't like that very much. If she has eggs you should be able to see two white blobs just in front of her back legs. I have a picture of my female on my web site showing her belly with eggs.

The current humid hide is just wet paper towels. Should I put in some other container just in case?

I use peat moss, but I know some people use vermiculite. My female laid eggs in the peat moss successfully. I have pictures on my web site if you want to see what the mosit hide looks like.

I have not tried crickets. I have a nice mealworm colony and didn't really want to risk getting her on crickets. I have heard bad things about the parasites in crickets.

Crickets from a commercial breeder should be pretty safe.

Good luck!

Terry
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Terry Brashear
1.0.0 High Yellow
0.1.0 Lavender
0.1.0 Hypo Carrot-tail
2 eggs incubating
http://www.naturepixels.com/gecko