Well my daughter left for college and leaves me with her 3 leopard geckos. No problem, I have/had plenty of lizards/frogs/everything! but one of her geckos has not eaten for 2 weeks. The other 2 have not eaten in a week either but not worried about them, they look healthy, fat tail, active, etc. The one I am talking about, my daughter was concerned about her when she left (thanks) but I got her to eat 2 waxworms about 2 weeks after she left. When I feed her a mealworm she takes it (feed by tweezers) and holds it then spits it out. I tried crickets too, but no luck. I have also tried feeding her in a separate container but no luck there too. I have increased the heat where they sleep too. What else can I do. Her tail is not fat, but she does walk around and is wiggley when you try to pick her up.
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I would suggest getting a fecal done to see if she has an overload of parasites causing her a hard time to maintain weight. If you catch it early enough it's not a big deal, they can even give you a powder formula that you syringe feed to keep them going. Otherwise they could start to have kidney problems...
Other then that, it's normal for geckos to go off feed once it starts getting cooler. As long as they are not losing weight I would not worry about the feeding response.. but I would be very cautious with the smaller gecko.
GL
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If they're all housed together, it might be beneficial to separate them, or at least move the thin one to a separate enclosure. They do not need company to be happy, and in fact can sometimes be stressed by it. It may be that the thin one is being dominated by the other two, and if so, that could be why she's not eating.
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