Help, Gecko Not Eating and Acting Wierd

anolisherp

anolisherp

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So my leopard gecko's tail Has been getting smaller and smaller so I started feeding him meal worms every couple days. But for a couple days now he has been opening his mouth making this smacking now and today he started violently shaking his head. Now whenever I try to feed him he shakes his head or opens his mouth. His tail is getting smaller and I tried waxworms but he turned those away, I can't do crickets because he's blind in one eye. He did have skin stuck on his mouth after shedding and he's been pretty stressed since we're moving a lot.

Any ideas on what I should do?
 
Embrace Calamity

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Fill this out (include pics of your gecko and/or enclosure if you have them):

Gender:
Age:
Weight:
How big was the reptile when you first acquired it?
Source (pet store, breeder, previous owner):
Captive bred or wild caught?
Do you handle him? If so how often?

Enclosure:

Cage: type, size:
Substrate provided?
What types of hiding places are provided?
Is there a humidity hide? location?
Please describe any other furnishings:

Lighting:

Artificial lighting?
incandescent (“screw-in” bulbs): wattage(s) ?
fluorescent (tube bulbs)?

Temperature:

Do you have a thermometer(s) in the cage? what type?
What is the temperature in the warm part of the cage? under the warm hide? In the coolest part?
What device(s) are used to maintain the temperature? hot rock, UTH, heat light, ceramic heater, other:
Are you using a thermostat?
Which hide does she/he spend most of her time?

Is the temperature decreased at night? by how much?

Humidity:

Is the humidity measured? Range:


List other animals that are kept in the same cage:
Recent acquisitions (new pets within the past 6 months)
Are any of your other pets ill?
List recent changes in the environment, if any:

Diet:

Insects, list type?
Are they “gut loaded”? If so with?
How often do you feed your reptile?
Please list any supplements used. How are they given and how often?
What calcium brand are you using? with D3, without or both?
Is the calcium in the tank with D3 or without?
Multivitamins?

Please list any recent additions/changes in the diet:

If your reptile is sick, please describe the signs and how long your reptile has been showing these signs:
Is your reptile’s general activity level normal, decreased, or increased?
Is your reptile’s appetite normal, decreased, or increased?
Have you noticed any of the following?
Weight loss, Weight gain
Discharge from the eyes or nose
Increased breathing rate or effort
Change in the droppings
urates white or yellowish
Abnormal skin color or shedding
Parasites on the skin or in the feces
Weakness

~Maggot
 
XoVictoryXo

XoVictoryXo

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this might help in the meantime, try some liquid nutrients until you can narrow down what the issue is,
 
anolisherp

anolisherp

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Embrace Calamity said:
Fill this out (include pics of your gecko and/or enclosure if you have them):

Gender:
Age:
Weight:
How big was the reptile when you first acquired it?
Source (pet store, breeder, previous owner):
Captive bred or wild caught?
Do you handle him? If so how often?

Enclosure:

Cage: type, size:
Substrate provided?
What types of hiding places are provided?
Is there a humidity hide? location?
Please describe any other furnishings:

Lighting:

Artificial lighting?
incandescent (“screw-in” bulbs): wattage(s) ?
fluorescent (tube bulbs)?

Temperature:

Do you have a thermometer(s) in the cage? what type?
What is the temperature in the warm part of the cage? under the warm hide? In the coolest part?
What device(s) are used to maintain the temperature? hot rock, UTH, heat light, ceramic heater, other:
Are you using a thermostat?
Which hide does she/he spend most of her time?

Is the temperature decreased at night? by how much?

Humidity:

Is the humidity measured? Range:


List other animals that are kept in the same cage:
Recent acquisitions (new pets within the past 6 months)
Are any of your other pets ill?
List recent changes in the environment, if any:

Diet:

Insects, list type?
Are they “gut loaded”? If so with?
How often do you feed your reptile?
Please list any supplements used. How are they given and how often?
What calcium brand are you using? with D3, without or both?
Is the calcium in the tank with D3 or without?
Multivitamins?

Please list any recent additions/changes in the diet:

If your reptile is sick, please describe the signs and how long your reptile has been showing these signs:
Is your reptile’s general activity level normal, decreased, or increased?
Is your reptile’s appetite normal, decreased, or increased?
Have you noticed any of the following?
Weight loss, Weight gain
Discharge from the eyes or nose
Increased breathing rate or effort
Change in the droppings
urates white or yellowish
Abnormal skin color or shedding
Parasites on the skin or in the feces
Weakness

~Maggot
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Fill this out (include pics of your gecko and/or enclosure if you have them):

Gender: Male
Age: 2 or 3 years old
Weight:
How big was the reptile when you first acquired it? 7 inches long
Source (pet store, breeder, previous owner): Reptiles by Rekowski
Captive bred or wild caught? Captive Breed
Do you handle him? If so how often? I pet him every day but I hold him once every couple days

Enclosure: 20 Gallons

Cage: type, size: 20 gallon long aquarium
Substrate provided? Paper towels and grout
What types of hiding places are provided? A large grout cave I made
Is there a humidity hide? location? No not anymore
Please describe any other furnishings: Small watering dish, calcium dish, and large grout hide with a flat roof for him to climb on

Lighting:

Artificial lighting? None
incandescent (“screw-in” bulbs): wattage(s) ? None
fluorescent (tube bulbs)? None

Temperature: It been rather cold in my room but I recently got a heater so probably 70 now

Do you have a thermometer(s) in the cage? what type? No I do not
What is the temperature in the warm part of the cage? under the warm hide? In the coolest part? 80 degrees in the cave and 70 degrees outside
What device(s) are used to maintain the temperature? hot rock, UTH, heat light, ceramic heater, other:
Are you using a thermostat? Heating wire
Which hide does she/he spend most of her time? He’s started just staying outside most of the time, sometimes he’ll go into the cave.

Is the temperature decreased at night? by how much? Sometimes it gets down to 60, once it got really cold when I accidently left the window open.

Humidity: We’re in Colorado so it’s really cold, we used to live in Florida where it was really humid.

Is the humidity measured? Range: No I haven’t measured it


List other animals that are kept in the same cage:
Recent acquisitions (new pets within the past 6 months)
Are any of your other pets ill?
List recent changes in the environment, if any:

Diet:

Insects, list type? Mealworms
Are they “gut loaded”? If so with? I just coat them with calcium
How often do you feed your reptile? I’ve started trying to feed him every 3 days
Please list any supplements used. How are they given and how often? Calcium Dust, there’s a bowl and I coat his food with it.
What calcium brand are you using? with D3, without or both? I lost the bottle but I think it had D3
Is the calcium in the tank with D3 or without? I think D3
Multivitamins? I think so

Please list any recent additions/changes in the diet:

If your reptile is sick, please describe the signs and how long your reptile has been showing these signs:
Is your reptile’s general activity level normal, decreased, or increased? Normal but he’s started opening his mouth and violently shaking his head.
Is your reptile’s appetite normal, decreased, or increased? Decreased
Have you noticed any of the following? Wieghtloss and he’s been having trouble shedding, Also he had a gray tear come out of his blind eye.
Weight loss, Weight gain
Discharge from the eyes or nose
Increased breathing rate or effort
Change in the droppings
urates white or yellowish
Abnormal skin color or shedding
Parasites on the skin or in the feces
Weakness
 
Embrace Calamity

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1) You need a minimum three hides. You need a hot dry hide, a warm humid hide, and a cool dry hide. Always. Since you have a 20 long, I very strongly suggest you get 3 dry hides plus 1 humid hide. Put dry hides on each end and one in the middle.
2) It's way too cold. Temps need to be 88-93, and you need to know what they are. Get an under tank heater and put it under the hot hide. Attach it to a thermostat: Amazon.com: Hydrofarm MTPRTC Digital Thermostat For Heat Mats: Patio, Lawn & Garden Then set it at 90. Your gecko won't eat because it's too cold. Their digestion relies entirely on temperatures, and if they're cold, they can't digest their food.
3) Nighttime temps need to stay above 80 on the warm side. Get a ceramic heat emitter to use with the UTH if you have to.
4) You need to know what you're supplementing with. You can't just give your gecko whatever and hope it's got what it needs. Purchase pure calcium (no D3) and either Zoo Med's Reptivite WITH vitamin D3 or Repashy Calcium Plus, then follow the instructions given on the bottles.
5) It sounds like your gecko's eye is infected. It needs to see a good reptile vet immediately. All of this changes need made if you want your gecko to become healthy, but you can't treat an infection at home.

http://www.geckosunlimited.com/comm...-demo-video-4-jan-2013-update.html#post302242

~Maggot
 
XoVictoryXo

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I dont see where you list how you heat his enclosure.
He needs 3 hides, one on the warm side, a moist hide, and a hide on the cool side. He is having problems shedding because there is no moist hide.
you need to monitor temperatures with a thermometer, if he gets too cold or too hot it will effect his eating habits

Can you take a picture of your enclosure / gecko
 
anolisherp

anolisherp

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Thank you so much! I'll make sure to get him more hides and keep it warmer. Also here's the picture I forgot to add.
 

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anolisherp

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Embrace Calamity said:
Oh dear. He's very skinny. He really needs to see a vet.

~Maggot
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Okay that would probably be for the best since his hiccup thing has gotten more frequent. His cage is warmer but he still won't eat and last night when I held him he wouldn't stop coughing or hiccuping or whatever it is.
 
anolisherp

anolisherp

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XoVictoryXo said:
I dont see where you list how you heat his enclosure.
He needs 3 hides, one on the warm side, a moist hide, and a hide on the cool side. He is having problems shedding because there is no moist hide.
you need to monitor temperatures with a thermometer, if he gets too cold or too hot it will effect his eating habits

Can you take a picture of your enclosure / gecko
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I use heating wire
 
Embrace Calamity

Embrace Calamity

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anolisherp said:
Okay that would probably be for the best since his hiccup thing has gotten more frequent. His cage is warmer but he still won't eat and last night when I held him he wouldn't stop coughing or hiccuping or whatever it is.
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That sounds like a respiratory infection, which could be the result of its enclosure being too cold. He definitely needs to see a vet immediately.
anolisherp said:
I use heating wire
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What's heating wire?

~Maggot
 
anolisherp

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So apparently it's not that bad at all, he just was freaking out over some skin that I missed on his lip. They're still going to test for parasites but all I need to do is get it off and he should be fine. But I think adding some heat and a cave would be nice for him too.
 
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