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So the little Tokay that I have hasn't seemed interested in crickets, waxworms or supers. Is there anything, short of offering a mouse pinkie, I can try to use to entice this little thing into eating?

Hornworms or silkworms? Our tokays looove big fat green hornworms...mmmmm! Big...green...skooshy...GEEET EEEN MAH BEHLEE WEE MAAAHN!

Sorry. I haven't had lunch yet today.

Seriously though, the hornworms might be a good option for you, or maybe silkworms if your gecko is smaller & put off by larger prey items. Also try young hissing roaches - mix things up a bit!

Good luck!

K~

>>So the little Tokay that I have hasn't seemed interested in crickets, waxworms or supers. Is there anything, short of offering a mouse pinkie, I can try to use to entice this little thing into eating?
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First, make sure your tokay has proper environmental conditions. Keep a small over the tank heater (I live in florida so a 25 watt MOONGLOW lamp is great, but where you live you may require a higher wattage) and keep the overall temp in the tank about 80-85 degrees. Provide HUMIDITY--the easiest way is to use Bed-A-Beast and keep it BARELY moist. Evaporation will keep it about 75%-80% or so humidity. You may also try a small under the tank just to keep the humidity up.

MIST your tokay--that's how they drink water. Licking dewlap. Although mine has learned to drink from a dish, but that USUALLY IS **NOT** THE CASE with most. If you provide a dish most would be clueless what to do with it. You can also put a small bubble stone in the water--gentle bubbles stimulate the tokay to drink and also helps raise humidity. They sell very very small air pumps in aquarium stores that would serve very well.

Does your tokay have parasites? Bring several fresh stools to your vet and get that checked. If your tokay is wild captured another option is to get it "gunshot" treated--dewormed using several meds that the vet prescribed. ONLY VETS SHOULD DO THIS OR YOU MAY KILL YOUR TOKAY!!!!!

It is preferable that you got your tokay captive bred. Much much less likely to harbor parasites.

Make sure your tank is big enough.

Also consider it's wintery...tokays normally go into hibernation and quit eating until weather warms up

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My tokay also likes occasional juice. I give her some juice on a dropper and she laps it up big time. She really LOVES black cherry juice...she also loves to lick on blackberry. I put a small blackberry near her snout with feeder tweezers and she licks it up! Loves that juice! You may want to try that for an occasional treat and it may be good for her too

Luke