Male tokay not eating

Will3 · #1 09-28-2010, 03:57 PM

My male tokay gecko hasnt eaten since i got him 2½ weeks ago, my female took 5 days to start eating but this guy has taken too long i think, and i think he is rather skinny, should i be worried or is it just him taking the "autumn break" and not eating.

**Riverside Reptiles** · #2 09-28-2010, 04:47 PM

I would be somewhat concerned. That's quite a long time for a tokay to not eat. A healthy tokay should eat most anything that moves. But he may be carrying a heavy parasitic load. I'd take him to the vet and have a fecal sample checked.

Will3 · #3 09-28-2010, 05:02 PM

Im really concerned, but parasiets is very unlikely since he isnt wildcaught, calling vet first thing tomorrow anyway then.

**Riverside Reptiles** · #4 09-28-2010, 05:49 PM

Even captive bred animals can have parasites.

thehotchik1000 · #5 09-28-2010, 07:52 PM

Most definatly can have parasites. A cb can be contaminated by your hands a towel even crickets can carry them. Also what are your temps humidity? As Riverside said that is quite a longtime. Coccidia ( spelling) can also be a problem with any reptile wc or cb. If you find a fecal sample in his cage no more than 24 hours old bring that to the vet with you. Hope this helps.
Morgan

Will3 · #6 09-29-2010, 06:30 AM

Temps are 25-30C and down to 22C at night, humidity is 60-80% average, but i allow the substrate to dry out a little sometimes to keep mold away.

thehotchik1000 · #7 09-29-2010, 09:36 PM

I'd give them at least a basking of 90-95f. Try upping the temps just a bit. But definatly keep a look out for fresh fecals to take to the vet just to make sure.
Morgan

Will3 · #8 09-30-2010, 01:30 PM

Weiged him now, 60grams and about 25cm, he took two crickets and swallowed them, hopefully that can get him going, waiting for him to take a crap so i can get it to the vet...

tokaygeckoz · #9 09-30-2010, 02:05 PM

I wouldn't worry too much, being from experience. when I bought my female and male, both took a while to start eating. it's normal, in fact every pet I've had didn't eat for the first week or more. it's do to normal stress and a different location. do you actually own a scorpion? both my emperor scorpion and red claw scorpions didn't eat right away, either did my old hermit crabs. my leopard gecko and golden gecko did however eat right when I bought them. my newest tokay gecko, didn't start eating till OVER A MONTH.... I kid you not...... unfortunately I had to start force feeding him... sort of... after that he started eating crickets like a pig. he's still growing but he's doing pretty darn good. he'll eat over 10 crickets sometimes when he's hungry enough. although he's more on the slim side still, he still eats quite a bit for his size. I really wouldn't worry much unless hes not moving much and looks obviously I'll etc. just because they don't eat right away doesn't mean they have parasitic worms. although it's a good idea to have them tested.

Will3 · #10 09-30-2010, 02:15 PM

I have three emperor scorpions actually^^ that one and two smaller.
He seems to have energy, when i took him out to weigh him he was furiuos and really tried reaching around to bite, so hes not slugish or anything, what do you mean by forcefeeding?

Heres a picture of him, right after he snapped at the crickets, i took all "bottom" decorations out to easily spot the poop later.