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Brut wont eat but maby once a week.

primebizzel28 Dec 05, 2005 09:08 AM

i offer brut a bowl of mealworms everyday and leave it in there all week or untill the worms die. he seems not to be eating them. i am in the basement and its colder down there then normal but he is still active. i use an UTH witch i need to replace becouse the stickyness is peling off. im trying to fined silk worms or butterworms for my bearded dragon i am wondering if i can feed them to my LEO(brut) to get him off his hunger strike.
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1.0.1 Green Anole(tedo, bubbles)
1.0. Tremper Albino Leo gecko (Brut)
0.0.1 Bearded Dragon(AXE)
1.0.0 Small Dog( Cho lu la)

0.1.0 Girl Friend

Replies (4)

lecoiskin Dec 05, 2005 01:57 PM

Silkworms are great for leos...
Cage temps?
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Shelley1063 Dec 05, 2005 08:53 PM

If he is an adult, he may not being on a "hunger strike", he may simply be brumating (Leos version of hibernation). This is normal as the cold weather comes along, some Leos brumate, some don't. Those that do will start to eat less and less often. If this is the case he will probably start to slow down and not be out roaming his tank as often. My adult male and female both are brumating right now. My male started the beginning of October, my female the beginning of November. It's just a seasonal thing, not necessarily due totally to your temps, many think it is actually triggered by the natural daylight cycle. I haven't changed the temps for my Leos but they are still brumating. My male right now is only eating about once a week to 10 days and only a couple of large crickets when he does. One thing about brumation is they won't lose a bunch of weight like if they are sick. My male has eaten very little overall for the past 2 months now and has only lost 2 grams. Heck my female has been eating less for about 5-6 weeks now but has gained 9 grams during this time LOL You can keep offering him food for when he does decide to eat. Just be sure to keep an eye on his weight. If he does start losing much weight or you see some other changes in him, like runny poop or regurgitating etc. then I would have him looked at. Other than that I wouldn't worry too much at the moment

primebizzel28 Dec 05, 2005 09:41 PM

Thanks. that might be it he hasnt ben loseing W8 i always keep a good Eye on the tale. he is about 1 year old now. he ate today and drank like half his water dish. do they shed doring brumation? because he shed 5 days ago. i think he is just P!#$ at me because i moved him back into a 10 gal while i have my berdie in his 20L til i get the new cage for the beardie built. its not from the move that was about 5 months ago.
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1.0.1 Green Anole(tedo, bubbles)
1.0. Tremper Albino Leo gecko (Brut)
0.0.1 Bearded Dragon(AXE)
1.0.0 Toy poodle( Cho lu la)

0.1.0 Girl Friend

Shelley1063 Dec 06, 2005 04:51 PM

Mine have both shed during this time. And yeah, mine both still drink their water, like you mentioned, seems like when they do they drink a whole bunch at a time LOL

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