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My patternless gecko hasnt eaten in quite some time. He hasnt lost alot of weight but he isnt growing. The other two that are with him have gotten bigger, but were smaller to begin with. He always ate alot, but I havnt seen him eat in the last month. Should i seperate him? I have a big rubbermaid that i keep just in case. Maybe if i keep him in there for a couple days he will eat. I think he may be intimidated by the other two slightly larger geckos. I cant think of any other reason since he used to eat more than any of them. Thanks

Hi

It wouldn't hurt him at all to seperate him from the other, and it would also give you a good chance to see how much he is actually eating. I also believe your theory could very well be right.

TLB

Yeah, your probably right. It wont hurt, but i just wanted to make sure i wasnt going to stress him out really bad. I'm gonna try it cause i'm getting pretty worried. I know he hasnt ate much. Only one of my three geckos has ever ate out of the dish. So when its feeding time, i fill the dish and throw mealworms on the ground for the other two. I have to just throw one by them so that they notice it. He's been ignoring them lately, so i know he couldnt have eaten any more than his shedded skin.

Is he actually a "he"? If your leo is a male, it's also possible that he has hit sexual maturity (males can be much younger / smaller than females when it happens) and because he's housed with girls, and spring is in the air his attention has turned to other things... In either case, separating him would be best. It would prevent bullying and he could put his energy into growing rather than breeding.
-Alice

I'm really not sure if he's a he or not. It was sold to me as a temp sexed male, but that was 6 months ago and i'm still not seeing the pores by the vent. I'm just used to referring to him as a he though. I still havnt named him because i'm waiting to find out his sex. I'm begining to think its female though. Still seperate? Thanks