Ovulation and Nutrition Question.

[themaxx76]

Hello,
My 6 yo leopard gecko (who's been with me about two years) is starting to show the type of behavior associated with Ovulation, i.e. Being very active and wanting to climb all over the place, wanting to be taken out of her tank and climb as high as she can on me, and alas, not or barely eating. her usual diet consists of mostly crickets that I dust with Repashy Complete, and sometimes, a couple Dubias. She has absolutely zero interest in worms of any kind, I've tried them all lol.
Anyway, except for the two ovulation cycles each year, she eats fine. My question is, when she's not eating, last time for about 6 weeks, should I add a vitamin supplement to her water, and what supplement should that be? Or should I just wait it out like I usually do and just keep offering her food on normal scheduled feeding days?
She doesn't really loose weight during her fasting and stays active and healthy looking.

Thanks!

 

[cricket4u]

Hi,

Climbing all over the place is not a sign of ovulation. Perhaps there's a problem within her enclosure and may even be the reason she goes off food sometimes. Do you mind filling out this questionnaire just to make sure it's not husbandry related?

http://www.geckosunlimited.com/comm...68527-helping-your-sick-gecko-read-first.html

Please do not add supplements to her water. Supplements must be taken with actual food. She should not be going off food for that long.

 

[Mardy]

It's not unusual for leopard geckos to not eat for weeks even months at a time when they are ovulating. There are females that'll eat right through ovulation, some will simply cut down on feeding. But a good number of them will stop eating completely.

If it lasts 6 weeks, you've got nothing to worry about. There's a reason they store their fat in their tails, they shouldn't lose much weight during ovulation fast. Losing 5-6g is not unusual. Now if they are ill, then they would lose a lot of weight, which is why tracking their weight is a good thing.

I wouldn't do much extra for them during ovulation periods, unless they are breeding. All adult female leopard geckos go through this during this time of the year between January and July.

 

[themaxx76]

She actually just ate five crickets, I was just wondering if she was about to go on one of those fasting episodes like she did last Feb. That's when she went the better part of two months with only eating a few crickets. I was simply wondering, for when the next ovulation period begins, if there was anything else I could do as far as nutrients go. I guess the general opinion is to just keep offering her food on feeding days and keep an eye on her weight. We just weight her and she's at 64 grams. Last feb she only lost approx 4-5 grams. Anyways, she ate fine today and is perfectly healthy. Here's a couple pictures of her and her tank, it's a 20 gal long, under tank heat pad on the right, middle moist hide, and cool hide on the left. Pardon the mess as she appears to have played in her calcium dish last night

 

[cricket4u]

Hello,
My 6 yo leopard gecko (who's been with me about two years) is starting to show the type of behavior associated with Ovulation, i.e. Being very active and wanting to climb all over the place, wanting to be taken out of her tank and climb as high as she can on me, and alas, not or barely eating. her usual diet consists of mostly crickets that I dust with Repashy Complete, and sometimes, a couple Dubias. She has absolutely zero interest in worms of any kind, I've tried them all lol.
Anyway, except for the two ovulation cycles each year, she eats fine. My question is, when she's not eating, last time for about 6 weeks, should I add a vitamin supplement to her water, and what supplement should that be? Or should I just wait it out like I usually do and just keep offering her food on normal scheduled feeding days?
She doesn't really loose weight during her fasting and stays active and healthy looking.

Thanks!

You may want to read this thread. Just in case.

http://www.geckosunlimited.com/comm...opard-gecko-has-not-eaten-pooped-4-weeks.html