Help! 1 week without eating

[ChaoFan]

Hello,
both male and female T.Roborowsky have not been eating since 7 days now. They are active and reactive as before, possibly more, I find poo in same quantities as before, I did not change feeders (mealworms) nor anything else in the enclosure. They for sure lost some fat in the tail, but they are not showing any problem (or at least I don't see it).
I have the male since 2 months, the female since 1.
They have a water bowl and I saw them using it, I change water daily.

We are having very hot weather over here, touching regularly 40 degrees C in the last 3 weeks. Thus, cold side is at 28-31 degrees, while I keep heating the hot side with UTH at 34-35 degrees. It's supposed to get better from tomorrow.
I feel the temperature may be one of the reasons. not the high temperature at the cold spot, but more the fact that where I live there is usually no temperature dropping during night, so they have still 28-30 degrees all over the enclosure.

Any similar experience or idea to help me? Or maybe I should not even worry?

thanks
Michele

 

[GeckosByBrad]

Try pulling the back legs off if large crickets. I always had better feeding responses from T. Keyserlingii that way. Also, more regular feeding and smaller prey items(2-3 ) crickets a day with back legs removed had a higher feeding response than 6-8 crickets every few days. I think they have a high metabolism with the hot temperatures they are kept at. Also, these geckos are very active. You would think I. The wild they would cover large distance finding prey sporadically. So, captivity a few prey items at a time seems to stimulate higher interest in their prey.

 

[ChaoFan]

Thanks Brad,
it was indeed of great help. Until now i always fed them with mealworms, only occasionally with small crickets found in a garden near here. With this heat, the mealworms got letargic and almost did not move.
I followed your hint and got crickets (I ordered them on internet, that's why it took some time to reply).
They are small and i did not get off their legs, but still the first 5 i put inside were eaten in few seconds.
Of the 10 i put yesterday, only 1 was left.

So, i guess you were right and they were missing hunting their preys. today i will not feed them and tomorrow give some mealworms, let's see.

Again, thanks!

Michele