hi, starting last night, my gecko seems to be eating less crickets. before it would eat about 3-4 crickets per feed, probably one to twice a day, but last night it ate just 2, and this morning it had just 1. now the crickets i am using are a little bigger than the ones that i used before, so maybe its just that. but the weird thing is that last night, it caught one, and started to swallow, then spat it out, and then looked at it for awhile and then swallowed it again. (not throw up, it never went into its throat) and this morning it caught the cricket it in its mouth, but took forever to swallow, just holding it in its mouth and standing there for a while. are my crickets containated or something? or are they too big? or is it just sick and tired of crickets? i been feeding it crickets for about a week and half straight now, with like 1 mealworm and couple of waxies, but main diet has def been crickets. it is not going after them with as much vigor, i can see that also. just wanted to know if anyone had been in this situation before where the gecko ate less, just cause it was sick of its food. thnks!
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lost of appeite or sick of crickets?
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Like you said it might be that the crickets are a little bit bigger you may want to try mealworms as a staple diet they are very easy to feed just put them in a dish that they cant crawl out of and your gecko should find them but make sure its not too deep or your gecko may not be able to see them.
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But thats just my 3 cents Email
you may also want to consider getting a fecal done. crickets can carry pinworms, and if she's eating less, and doesn't eat the mealies with vigor, she may be carrying a worm load.
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My gecko done that a short while ago, i switch to mealies and his appetite came back. But doing a fecal wont hurt.
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