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i have 2 female fat tails together in a 10 gallon tank for quite a while. they just stopped eating and are getting skinny. what is a quick way to faten them up, i will be seperating them tomorrow but i still want to know what to do i want big fat healthy geckos. also i would like to know what everyones feeding scheduals are like i try to do it once a day but they dont seem to always be interested.

any help would be great thanks in advanced
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Jeff Kearney
Orlando, FL

1.0.0 Egyptian Uromastyx (Dino)
2.7.0 Bearded Dragons (Too many to name)
1.0.0 Mali Uromastyx (Rex)
2.2.0 Ball Python (Ali, Gator, Para, Medic)
0.1.1 Leopard Gecko (Layla, Nubbs, Iggy)
0.2.0 Fat-Tailed Gecko (Penelope, Brownie)
0.0.1 Corn Snake (Not sure yet)
0.0.2 Blue Phase Dumpys Tree Frog (Sticky, Squishy)

How long ago is "just stopped eating?" If they're suddenly getting thin I would suspect internal parasites. I would get fecals done by a vet for the both of them to be sure. If it's not parasites then it may be stress. Once they're seperated things might pick up.

I only feed crickets to mine and he does very well on them. He's coming off a winter fast in which he dropped nearly 30 grams. Last fall he weighed around 95 grams and dropped down to about 67 over winter. He's been eating good again for about three weeks now and has gained back about 10 of that already.

Quig

well they have always been on the skinny side but about 3 or 4 days ago they stoped. i just want a big fat gecko like the ones i see at the shows and online. how many crickets do you give him? do you have a bowl of calcuim powder in the tank? what kind of water dish do you use. i have small ceramic ones but i think there too high for the geckos to use. one more question. where is the best place to get a scale that will weigh my geckos and my dragons. mine broke about a month ago.
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Jeff Kearney
Orlando, FL

1.0.0 Egyptian Uromastyx (Dino)
2.7.0 Bearded Dragons (Too many to name)
1.0.0 Mali Uromastyx (Rex)
2.2.0 Ball Python (Ali, Gator, Para, Medic)
0.1.1 Leopard Gecko (Layla, Nubbs, Iggy)
0.2.0 Fat-Tailed Gecko (Penelope, Brownie)
0.0.1 Corn Snake (Not sure yet)
0.0.2 Blue Phase Dumpys Tree Frog (Sticky, Squishy)

If they don't have parasites they'll fatten up on their own in due time. I really don't think you can power feed an AFT My boy gets anywhere from 6 to 10 dusted crickets a night. No, I don't use a calcium dish. Never really found it necessary. As far as a water dish goes, I just use a peanut butter jar lid. If you have young ones you might try a baby food jar lid. Good luck.

Quig

I forgot to mention the scales. I got mine here

www.oldwillknottscales.com/

It weighs up to 15 pounds/7000 grams and will weigh grams, pounds, ounces and kilos. I think it cost me about 40 bucks

Quig