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[lee]

i have to lovely females, 1 of which doesn't appear to be eating and hasn't grown a bit. she is very lively and does still maintain very good evasive speeds but, even when seperated from her sibling doesn't appear to be eating. i've tried crickets, wax worms and meal worms none of which would appear to be tempting her to eat more. as i say, come feeding time i seperate her in an escapable tub which i still leave in the vivarium so not to freeze the poor little girl.

her sibling on the other hand has doubled in size and eats like a horse and has no problems at all. this in turn is making me assume i am doing things correctly.

i would like to think i have done extensive research on how to look after them and took several months setting up there home before getting my girls. they have enough room for about 5-6 geckos, so only having two shouldn't be causing a room problem. they have many hides so again i can't see this being the problem. they have fresh water daily and very well looked after, totally gut loaded insects all bought from respectable outlets. the insect are feed on t-rex calcium plus with high calcium, good qulaity meal worm food and a good variety of fresh fruit and veg daily. my tempatures are keep at no higher then 80 degrees cool end and no lower then 72 degree's coold end.

please email dreamer1976_2004@yahoo.co.uk

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Hi Lee---

I see your post here this morning. Did you find that care sheet on leopard geckos at www.pnhs.net yesterday?

Is there some chance that one of these leopards hogged all the available crickets in the beginning? Don't know how large your feeding container is, but maybe you could put a small hide in there as you feed. Remove uneaten crickets, mealworms after several hours, at least in the morning. Have you tried to tempt her by handfeeding?

You can safely raise the ambient temp to 85 F during part of the day.