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Everyone keeps saying their baby eats 10 crickets a night. Or their baby eats 15 mealworms. Mine is 6" long and he only eats about 2 or 3 mealworms 1/2 or 3/4 inch and a cricket about 1/4 inch long. He looks healthy, in his second shed since I got him now, and has a kinda fat tail, it bulges in the middle. You guys feeding them tiny ones or what? Or you think it has something to do with the weather, I left the window open a little the other night by accident and it dropped to 35F outside, he might be sensing the oncoming winter. He is kinda not so active anymore.
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Young geckos tend to eat more than adults, its not suprising for juvenilles to eat 10 crix a night (1/2-3/4" crickets). However, leos do slow down on eating at this time of the year. In your case, I think your leo is eating a bit too little, but as long as he's maintaining his weight (he should be gaining weight at this age) and healthy, I wouldn't worry too much.

Did you provide enough belly heat for him? The warm end can be 90-92F.

Well the problem might be that he is to cold. When i didnt have enough heat for my girl she didnt eat to much. But now she is an adult. I guess shes bigger than usual ( 9 inches ). But mine eats 10 crickets every other day.
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