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Hey recently i switched my gecko to mealworms as a staple and he adapted fine and seemed to be putting on some weight, and about 2-3 weeks ago i switched substrate to paper towels, and he was confused at first but then i noticed he stopped eating as much. I had the mealworms in a shallow dish and they escaped very easily and i just blamed his eating less on the fact that the mealworms were escaping, and did my best to make sure he always had some in the dish. But about a week and a half ago i bought a new dish thing and its pretty tall and not see through or anything. the mealworms do a lot better job of staying in this one, but i havent seen my leo eat out of it or anything and im worried that he doesnt know thats where his food is and i dont want him to starve. if anyone has any suggestions on training him to this new dish or any other suggestions or tips i would be very grateful.

when my leo was a baby i had the same problem with him not knowing that there was food in the dish. so i would always leave some mealies in the dish like 7 or so. remeber how many u put in so u can count later to see if he found it. to help along i would hold the mealie so he would see it and when it cought his attention i would drop it in the dish.i would hand feed him a few just to make sure he was eating. and when he discoverd the dish. he gos rght to it all the time now. and if theres no mealies in it he will walk over to the side of the tank where my computer sits and look at me like feed me already. lol so dont worrie to much he will figger it out.

G/L

This is from my experiance only
may or may not work.
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