doesnt seem to be eating

[dfreemanDaygeckos]

ok before you think i dont feed him well i will tell you what i feed my gecko..well try...ive tried crickets but ive never seen him eat one...baby food...trex day gecko formula...but he doesnt seem to be very plump i mean in some positions you can see a little of his rib cage...so my question to you is...what is an ideal thing to give him to plump him up a bit??...recently i have been using a feeding syringe to hand feed him baby food any ideas?? thank you..

 

[lessthantito]

first off what is it?

 

[dfreemanDaygeckos]

i belive it is a sundbergi but not too sure i will try to get a pic of him up

 

[baugh]

I am guessing that you mean I juvenile or hatchling? If so you can't really tell right away that they are growing. The best way to tell if they are eating is to count the number of crickets that you throw in there and count again a little bit later, and look for poop. If they are pooping then they are eating.

 

[dfreemanDaygeckos]

well he is poooing and he is about a year old...i guess if he wasnt eating he would be dead by now lol but he just seems to be a lil skinny

 

[baugh]

Put some friut flavored baby food in there. Leave it be for awhile then come back and check it to see if there is any holes in it where it has been licking the baby food.

 

[lessthantito]

Baugh is right on with both of those that is what I do to make sure all of my guys are eating I count their food and look for poop

 

[dfreemanDaygeckos]

thanks you guys i will do everything you have said thank you

 

[baugh]

When you put the crickets in there put them in a deli cup. That way you get the right count on how many they eat. If your viv has anywhere for them to hide you may miss count them.

 

[dfreemanDaygeckos]

Quite funny you say that...i normally put a few in every few days...and no i am over run with baby crickets grrr lol....any way of killing them or anything?? also how do you stop the crickets from jumping/climbing out??

 

[lessthantito]

pull off their back legs

 

[dfreemanDaygeckos]

ok and any ideas about the little black crikcets that are like escaping into my kitchen...my mrs is going to do her nuts if she finds any lol

 

[baugh]

the best thing I can tell you is change the substrate or pull the substrate out and freeze it over night to kill off the eggs and crickets.

 

[dfreemanDaygeckos]

baugh i have good news i had a think and due to having live plants i decided to instead of freezing to put some honey in a shallow dish and then they get stuck woohoo lol no more blooody baby crickets!!

 

[baugh]

The reason I said to freeze it, is cause if you freeze it it will kill the eggs and babies.

 

[dfreemanDaygeckos]

oh ok true...well the honey thing seems to be the easiest when i have a gf that would go mental if she found my substrate in with the pizzas lol

 

[baugh]

I under stand you on that one. I was told thats a good way to do it. I have not had any problems with that yet. The thing about the honey is if theres still eggs in there they will still hatch and you will have to do it over and over.

 

[dfreemanDaygeckos]

yeah i know but i have learnt now i am never putting FEMALE crickets in my viv anymore damn things ive been trying to breed them in a plastic fish tank and yet i have nothing. then i put 4 crickets in a viv now i have hundreds ha

 

[baugh]

try putting a deli cup in there with moist substrate with the crickets. Thats how I bred mine. I still ended up with alot more than I need. I guess its better more than enough than not enough.