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Ok . . . So both of my males and one of my females are extremely underweight . . . They eat very well, but don't seem to be keeping anything on that they eat . . .

I've been feeding them crickets at least 3 days a week . . . tails are like skinny sticks . . . Any ideas on how to fatten them up??
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Trish
2.0.0 Tremper Albino Leopard Gecko "Lyle" and "Thor"
0.1.0 Hypo-Gold Leopard Gecko "Goldie"
0.1.0 High Yellow Lavender Jungle Leopard Gecko "Lucky"
0.1.0 Super Hypo Tangerine Carrot Tail Leopard Gecko "Storm"
0.1.0 Blizzard Leopard Gecko "Ice"
0.1.0 Normal Leopard Gecko "Cosmo"
0.1.0 Cockatiel "Jewel"
0.1.0 Pitbull/Golden Retriever "Guiness"
0.2.0 Cats "Athena" and "Violet"
0.1.0 Horse "Arian Gold Karma"
And who knows how many fish

Oh yea, they are all fairly active as well . . . still acting like themselves . . .
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Trish
2.0.0 Tremper Albino Leopard Gecko "Lyle" and "Thor"
0.1.0 Hypo-Gold Leopard Gecko "Goldie"
0.1.0 High Yellow Lavender Jungle Leopard Gecko "Lucky"
0.1.0 Super Hypo Tangerine Carrot Tail Leopard Gecko "Storm"
0.1.0 Blizzard Leopard Gecko "Ice"
0.1.0 Normal Leopard Gecko "Cosmo"
0.1.0 Cockatiel "Jewel"
0.1.0 Pitbull/Golden Retriever "Guiness"
0.2.0 Cats "Athena" and "Violet"
0.1.0 Horse "Arian Gold Karma"
And who knows how many fish

n/p
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Mommy of Many

1.0 Tremper Albino Leopard Gecko
0.1 Normal Leopard Gecko
0.4 Incubating Leo Eggs
0.1 Rosey Tarantula
1.0 Boxer Pit Bull
0.1 Springer Spaniel
0.1 Lhasa Poo
1.1 Domestic Cats
3.1 Humans

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do you gutload your crickets and dust them. because all the neutriants are in the gut loading and dus crickets them selves have nothing in them.

Ditto... sounds like a parasitic infection. Take fresh fecals to a veterinarian to identify what type, and get them started on the correct medication ASAP.
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Marcia McGuiness
Golden Gate Geckos
www.goldengategeckos.com

I agree, definately get a fecal done. If they are housed with any other geckos seperate them immediately and give them each their own tank. If it turns out to be parasites i would deworm all of the leo;s that they were housed with, even if they look healthy
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