Hello. I have a female leopard gecko, about five years old.
When I first had her she would eat regularly, but I fed her canned crickets sometimes when we went on trips and she got conditioned to eat off a spoon (she would only go after them if they moved). For a long time she'd only eat that way, but eventually she started eating crickets and that sort of thing on her own. More recently, in the last year or two, I have had a lot of trouble finding things she will eat. She was on crickets for a while and mealworms, but then she refused everything and got stuck eating waxworms for a while. She went through another period of fasting, and then when I gave her a night lamp she seemed to get hungry again. She then started eating superworms, and the flies of calciworms. Now she is refusing to eat again. She seems to be hungry, but only goes after food half-heartedly and gives up very easily. Needless to say she is not interested enough to catch crickets. I have been leaving a bowl of superworms in her tank, but I haven't seen her eating in months, and I am going away to college very soon and want to figure this out before my parents have to take over gecko-duty.
She has a five gallon tank with a white light on during half the day, and a red light that I turn on at night (but I have been leaving it off during the summer because it has been very hot). The temperature ranges from high 60s to 90s during the day/night.
In her tank she has a coconut, cave, rock, and wooden block. I have wondered if she might be too cold, but then she never goes very close to the lamp when it's on.
She has a reptile carpet and no sand or substrate that could impact her. When she first "fasted" I tried soaking her and everything for impaction but I don't think that had any effect. Her weight seems pretty stable, but she has no pooped recently. However, she did shed her skin last week.
Here is a video where you can see how she acts around food (a calciworm in this case).
When I first had her she would eat regularly, but I fed her canned crickets sometimes when we went on trips and she got conditioned to eat off a spoon (she would only go after them if they moved). For a long time she'd only eat that way, but eventually she started eating crickets and that sort of thing on her own. More recently, in the last year or two, I have had a lot of trouble finding things she will eat. She was on crickets for a while and mealworms, but then she refused everything and got stuck eating waxworms for a while. She went through another period of fasting, and then when I gave her a night lamp she seemed to get hungry again. She then started eating superworms, and the flies of calciworms. Now she is refusing to eat again. She seems to be hungry, but only goes after food half-heartedly and gives up very easily. Needless to say she is not interested enough to catch crickets. I have been leaving a bowl of superworms in her tank, but I haven't seen her eating in months, and I am going away to college very soon and want to figure this out before my parents have to take over gecko-duty.
She has a five gallon tank with a white light on during half the day, and a red light that I turn on at night (but I have been leaving it off during the summer because it has been very hot). The temperature ranges from high 60s to 90s during the day/night.
In her tank she has a coconut, cave, rock, and wooden block. I have wondered if she might be too cold, but then she never goes very close to the lamp when it's on.
She has a reptile carpet and no sand or substrate that could impact her. When she first "fasted" I tried soaking her and everything for impaction but I don't think that had any effect. Her weight seems pretty stable, but she has no pooped recently. However, she did shed her skin last week.
Here is a video where you can see how she acts around food (a calciworm in this case).
