First time banded gecko owner, she's gravid, help?

[LeopardGeckoBreederFan]

I bought her today and she has two eggs in her right now. The man says she should lay them in about two weeks, but I think she might be too small. Will I be looking at potential problems with egg binding? She's a Central American Banded Gecko.

 

[JeffP]

She is definitely skinny, but looks old enough to drop eggs. I would feed her a lot, and make sure she is getting a calcium supplement. Hopefully she doesn't develop another pair right after and you can fatten her up a bit. Ohhh keep the temps a bit higher then you normally would, to stimulate her appetite so she can gain wait as fast as possible. I would say about 90 in the hot spot. Don't cook her they like temps a lot cooler then leopards. Hope this helps

 

[LeopardGeckoBreederFan]

Thank you so much! If she doesn't start eating within a couple days should I use an appetite supplement? I tried to feed her last night and she didn't eat (not surprising, its her first day). My leopards usually start eating within three days, so what do I do if she doesn't start eating before then? Also, do they have any diet restrictions like not having a lot of chitin in their diet like some other species do? I haven't seen anything like that online but I wouldn't want to assume that just because its not mentioned on a care sheet.

 

[LeopardGeckoBreederFan]

Ok, she ate 5 small crickets tonight. I'm keeping the temp lower bc I had it at 88 and I found her in her water bowl an hour later trying to cool off. So I'm gonna try it lower tomorrow by moving the lamp farther away.