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y does my female look like she is just like my male when she has only eating 8 crickets the past week. i dont know her full age but she isnt a year old yet. that is 1 think i know for sher cause my male is 1 year. she is close though. but y does she look full, but she isnt ? cause she only eats a few here and there. or maybe she is full. wat u guys think wat is up ?

i took her out lastnight found a heating blanket

np
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0.0.3 Leopard Geckos
0.1.0 Miniature long-haired dachsund

i am trying to get u guys to help. me this forum is on here to help and no1 helps that messed up i think but ok.

but i honestly have no clue what you ae talking about
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-robin struck
R2 Reptiles

She looks fat but hasn't been eating much and you want to know why?
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Christina

Leopard Gecko Morph Descriptions

2.3 leos
-0.1 tangerine het rainwater albino w/jungle background (Blinkers)
-0.2 jungles (Vahz & Skissor)
-1.0 tremper albino (Spitfire)
-1.0 tangerine rainwater albino (Bronx)

YEA YEA. like you know when yr leo gets done eating and it has a big tummy ? that is wat i mean

I've noticed any of them looking fatter after eating...generally if they're healthy and at a good weight they should always have a nice fat (but not too fat!) tail and a not really skinny looking body. She might just be heavier than the male and so always looks fatter or as fat. I don't know how clear that is...but I'm not really sure what you mean by them looking fatter after eating...I've never noticed a difference.
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Christina

Leopard Gecko Morph Descriptions

2.3 leos
-0.1 tangerine het rainwater albino w/jungle background (Blinkers)
-0.2 jungles (Vahz & Skissor)
-1.0 tremper albino (Spitfire)
-1.0 tangerine rainwater albino (Bronx)

like on my male when he gets done eating cause i feed them until they wont eat anymore. which helps they get big, gain weight, stay healthy. and my male on a monday is skinny on a tuesday he has a big fat belly. it is funny but my female he belly is just fat hasnt changed realy.. u know i think it is just that she is smaller and isnt used to getting feed as much as she wants. she prolly used to a diet or something dont u think ? it will take me a while to awnser i wont be back for a while after this move up to other post. awnser here then go up lol

She may just not change appearance after eating...I haven't noticed mine doing that at all...I don't know maybe someone else has noticed that in theirs...
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Christina

Leopard Gecko Morph Descriptions

2.3 leos
-0.1 tangerine het rainwater albino w/jungle background (Blinkers)
-0.2 jungles (Vahz & Skissor)
-1.0 tremper albino (Spitfire)
-1.0 tangerine rainwater albino (Bronx)

so you just got her recently, right? sometimes it takes a while for them to settle down and eat regularly. especially if you had her in a cage with a male larger than her--they get intimidated real easy and it can cause them not to eat...and it's good that you have moved her to her own cage but that can also stress her out because she has to get used to another new home. also, make sure she can't see the male in his cage, as that can equally scare her.

my suggestion: leave her in her new cage--alone--and let her get used to it. don't handle her her anything. give her a bowl of calcium with some mealworms always in it for when she gets hungry...and offer her a cricket every day, and if she eats it, feed her some more until she stops.

if she is healthy and fat with a big fat tail, and active, and starts eating better within a week or two, then you have nothing to worry about. if she is skinny and with a skinny tail...sluggish and won't eat and has runny poop then she is sick, and your male might be infected.

good luck, and i hope i helped,

amanda