have #3 leopards housed in a 20 long...all where eating daily..upgraded to a larger enclosure ...after 1 week in new tank ,1 stopped eating...still very active...moved back to smaller tank by itself and its still showing no interest in any food types...starting to loose weight...other two are eating and growing fine...any advice....
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not eating...
oz7927
Jan 03, 2011 09:59 AM
Replies (2)
trishas5
Jan 06, 2011 02:43 PM
You may need a vet. our leopard gecko stopped eating too. For 6 weeks ( now 7)! We took him to an exoctic pet vet and now he's on all types of meds and hopefully on the mend. The vet said that 95% of gecko problems have to do with "husbandry." (cage set up) She had us make all kinds of changes and it looks like our situation may go on for a while. She gave us (we paid for it) a powdered food that we mix with water and give it to him with a syringe.
On the other hand, our gecko has been known to not eat for a while and kicks back in. But not this long. He's much thinner now and his tail is about 1/2 inch thick. That's about 1/2 the size it was.
Good luck!
oz7927
Jan 06, 2011 04:30 PM
Thnx... He is clean of parasites... I have the food for force feeding but it seems to be stressing him more... I have not offered live food in 3 days..I am gonna try everything today... Don't think he is gonna make it , he looks worse by the hour.. I am thinking it might be time for euthanasia .. Can't watch this go on much longer...
