[High-yellow]

it happened twice shes an adult, healthy, really fat tail. and active helpp!

[Yoshi'smom]

Is her food dusted with calcium with D3 at least twice a week and does she have adequate heating? These two things can affect the digestion of food. Especially the heating. Leo's need proper belly heat to digest their food.
I rescued two leo's about 3 years old that had never had undertank heating and they weren't digesting their food completely. Since I've fixed the husbandry issues they both have been fulling digesting their food and have put on a bit of weight.
I'm going to link Elizabeth's care sheet for you to look over. I hope that it's helpful!
http://www.geckosunlimited.com/commu...11-update.html

[High-yellow]

thanks! and i have a uth and lamp but i dont really dust her food ill try that

[Travis E]

do you have temperature thermometers in the tank? if you do i would check them at night. to make sure your temperature is not getting to low. any thing blow 70 isnt good. i had that problem one time and i corrected the temps. it was fully digesting food again. hope this helps.

[Elizabeth Freer]

Originally Posted by High-yellow

thanks! and i have a uth and lamp but i dont really dust her food ill try that

Hello ~

Sounds as if you need a digital thermometer to measure the temps. Tank should range from 92-95 F on the warm end to the low 70s on the cool end. What size is the tank?

Be sure you dust the prey no fewer than 2 times per week with a phosphorus-free calcium with D3. Rep-Cal and Miner-all Indoor formula are both very good! Crickets, dubia roaches, and superworms (Zophobas morio), not mealworms, are good choices. Failure to dust will result in Metabolic Bone Disease. The leo should have a dish of pure calcium in the tank 24/7 too.

(Be sure to read my leo care recommendations which Kelly has linked )

[High-yellow]

shes in a 10g and i just got a thermostat for her, and ill def buy a dish for her calcium thanks!

another thing i also have 5 juveniles 2 of them have skinny tails and don't eat or i just dont see them eat....idk what to do its the first time dealing with juveniles leos :/

[Elizabeth Freer]

Originally Posted by High-yellow

shes in a 10g and i just got a thermostat for her, and ill def buy a dish for her calcium thanks!

another thing i also have 5 juveniles 2 of them have skinny tails and don't eat or i just dont see them eat....idk what to do its the first time dealing with juveniles leos :/

I'm glad to hear that you got a thermostat for her 10 gallon. A digital thermometer will verify the thermostat's setting. (Yeah, I know, so much equipment!)

How are you doing for heat for the 5 juvies? Flexwatt Heat Tape can be used for their cages. Without belly heat and good air temperatures the leos will be unable to digest their food .

Two kinds of calcium for all: 100% pure calcium for the shallow dish in the tanks 24/7 and phosphorus-free calcium with D3 to lightly dust the prey 2, no more than 3, times per week.

[High-yellow]

the juvies have a uth heater and a lamp is there anything else i can do to make sure its hot enough and the warm side and would it improve there eating habits to skinny tails when the other ones are fine:/

[Elizabeth Freer]

Originally Posted by High-yellow

the juvies have a uth heater and a lamp is there anything else i can do to make sure its hot enough and the warm side and would it improve there eating habits to skinny tails when the other ones are fine:/

I really need to know what high and low temperatures their cages are reaching. Just because a thermostat is set at such and such a temp, that temp needs to be verified.

Leo juvies are often poor hunters. Placing their food in a shallow feeding dish will increase their chances for catching it.

Are these 5 juvies related? Have they been kept in the same manner? Not sure why some would thrive better than others unless they are weaker?

[High-yellow]

im not sure about the temps, there are not related tho they have a dish with mealworms in it and ii feed them crickets to so it changes up