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my geckos not eating and she had a couple of infections a month ago and she hadnt been eating before that and she hasnt been eating like at all and im afraid shes gonna die cus shes only eaten her shedding wich was a couple of days ago ive been givin her calcium well i was and it hought that was why she wasnt eating cus that filled her up her tails really skinyy but her stomachs pretty fat i dont no how to feed her cus i put meal worms in fron of her and i hold them ive tryed crickets and man i dontno were to buy them mice at and i aint got enough mony to buy her crickets cus my mom makes me buy the stuff cus im savin for a car maybe my mom will buy me som again i thin shes eating but i dont no but i wanna no how can i make her eat meal worms i put them infront her face for like 20 minutes and she will lick it and stuff but she wont eat it so id ont no wat to do

please help

thank you man
tyler

this screen names peli cus thats my nick name thanks agian
peli please help

Has your gecko pooped recently? If she/he has that is a good sign. If she/he hasn't, it maybe impacted. You said the stomach was big but the tail was skinny, impaction could be the cause, as could several other things. What substrate are you using? Put him/her on plain paper towels for now. Make sure you have a full water dish, a full calcium dish (at all times) & a good heat source. If you can, get the temps of the enclosure...should have a gradient, try for 88-90*(hot side) & mid 70's (cool side). You might want to try a WARM water bath to see if you can stimulate her to poop. Mealworms are fine for leos, you don't NEED crickets, make sure to gutload them! Put a bunch in the food dish & let him/her eat them when he/she is ready. You will need to not bother your pet too much, but do check up on her & if you can, get it to the vet. It could have internal parasites or the infection has come back!

ok thanx man

i got the stuff for the mouth inection and the eye infection cus i didnt need to use the whole entire thing can i use that??? cus were in a hump in bills and my mom wont pay for the gecko to go to da vet and im only 13 and i aint got a job YET so would it hurt her if i gave her the infection medicine????

Actually, you should have used the whole prescription. I would call the vet and just ask first.

ok thannk you so much