Its been quite a while now, and Sobe still wont eat, or if he is I am not seeing it, Ill put 4-5 crickets in his tank and clean them out later but I never get an exact count... But anyway I was going to start feeding him one at a time to try and keep track of whether or not he is eating, and I was gonna put him in theis little pet carrier I have to see if he can hunt better... he is still pretty active... what do i do?
Still not eating
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not sure if this will be of any help but do you dust your crickets with a calcium/multivitamin supplement? I noticed mine goes after them quicker?
Other than that, I'd say maybe try some worms that are safe? IDK which ones are though, I feed mine mealworms sometimes but not too often because of their digestability.
Sometimes if it's too cold maybe they dont eat?
I really don't know. Sorry I realize this is no help I'm just throwing ideas out there. Maybe someone else will do better than me. I hope he'll start eating for you.
Best Wishes
Sarah
Other than that, I'd say maybe try some worms that are safe? IDK which ones are though, I feed mine mealworms sometimes but not too often because of their digestability.
Sometimes if it's too cold maybe they dont eat?
I really don't know. Sorry I realize this is no help I'm just throwing ideas out there. Maybe someone else will do better than me. I hope he'll start eating for you.
Best Wishes
Sarah
Yoshi'smom
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I would make a little journal and check the temps and food intake and whether or not he pooed or shed (all the important things). I made one for my guy when I put him in his new tank to make sure temps were staying the same and he was staying healthy. I would try this as well: I feed my guy on a bright colored spoon. He'll take crickets (w/o back legs) and mealworms off of it and now is trained. As soon as he sees the bright green spoon he knows there's food on it and comes running out even in the middle of the day! I hope this helps a little.
Mardy
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Are you still just dumping crickets in and walking away for a day or two? You did that last time you took a 3 day vacation. If you truly care about whether your leopard gecko eats or not, try observing. You are supposed to take the crickets out if they do not get eaten within the hour anyway. In fact if your leopard gecko does not show interest in the crickets, you should stop trying to feed it crickets. Crickets will gnaw on your leopard gecko and cause it extreme stress if you leave them in the cage for long periods of time.
These are things easy to observe if you just spend some time watching. And by now you should've tried mealworms to see if you get a better result. Or pulled the hind legs off crickets to see if crickets are possibly running & jumping around too fast. Again, spending a lil bit of time with your leopard gecko, you would know whether your gecko is even going after the crickets or not. If he is going after the crickets, then good, pull the hind legs off to make crickets easier to catch.
Temperature is a big deal as suggested above, they won't eat if there is either not enough heat or it's too hot and they have no temperature gradient. Sort of like you sitting in a house without air conditioning of any sort, with windows closed in 100 degrees heat, you would have no appetite to eat either.
These are things easy to observe if you just spend some time watching. And by now you should've tried mealworms to see if you get a better result. Or pulled the hind legs off crickets to see if crickets are possibly running & jumping around too fast. Again, spending a lil bit of time with your leopard gecko, you would know whether your gecko is even going after the crickets or not. If he is going after the crickets, then good, pull the hind legs off to make crickets easier to catch.
Temperature is a big deal as suggested above, they won't eat if there is either not enough heat or it's too hot and they have no temperature gradient. Sort of like you sitting in a house without air conditioning of any sort, with windows closed in 100 degrees heat, you would have no appetite to eat either.
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Mardy
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lol you want grossed out, try pulling dubia roaches legs. I gotta do that because I have some slow geckos.
