[raudy777]

I rescued this very very small (approx 1 inch) gecko that was in my kitchen, with my cat stalking it. She didn't seem to have caused it any phyiscal harm. He seems to be a house gecko or medetrerrian gecko. So, we took him to the pet store, he's all set up with a nice place and all the things. Since, he is so small and clearly young. They gave us flightless fruit flies. He doesn't seem to be eating them. What should I do? How many days can they really go without eating? Please HELP!

[Rhactastic]

How are you keeping it? If you cannot get him to eat it may be best to just put him back outside. It is a nice thought to want to take care of it, but sometimes wild animals just thrive better in the wild. Hope he eats though, they sure are cute. Good luck.

[DC_Reptiles]

I feed mine flightless fruit flies and pinhead crickets up til they are about 2" total them move em up to bigger crickets... AVOID mealworms with house geckos... I have lost a couple females to the mealworms chewing thru thier bellies and killing them... only feed fruit flies and crickets.... H. turcicus will eat with out you knowing so as long as it isnt getting toothpick thin you shouldnt worry as long as it is staying plump and feed them at night and dont use heat lamps as they will dehydrate them... keep it in a cool room and away from sunny windows...

I breed and raise H. turcicus and love them even thou they are a non-native species here in Florida where i live so yeah i can catch them, but i caught 8 females and 2 males and have 2 colonies set up and they are awesome geckos and after they settle in they arent as nocturnal if you use low led lights or like me use the blue led lights u can buy from Ebay for a lil bit of nothing...