CrestedL
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Hi! This is not an urgent question, just something I have been thoughtful about for some time and I would just think some tips could help. My gecko, riley, although I have not been able to age him he has been sexed as male, has a slight problem with eating. Once upon a time, I caught him eating substrate so I immediately took him out and had him on PT for a few months, and just recently put him back on substrate and have seen no problems since, but idk if that contributes to the problem or if it's the cause, I don't think its a contributor though as this has been a slight issue even during the PT stage. Ever since I have gotten him he has always been a little on the thin side, he was very skinny when I had first gotten him, and has improved, is healthy and active and all, but he just looks slightly thin to me still. He eats about every other night maybe, but I still make food for him every night, and he is fed Repashy in a small black bottle cap about 1.5in x 1.5in. When being fed, I have a small scoop that I use to measure the food, but 1 scoop of Repashy and 2 of water makes it about just enough to cover the bottom. When he does eat there will be lick marks, and I take it out every morning to was out and repeat every night. He does get crickets, but I do not have any kind of "cricket schedule", and when he does he will eat at least 5-7 small, and I feed these to him in a large cardboard box so he does not harm himself. He has no other problems, eyes are fine, spunky, active at night, but it just seems even when he eats he just doesn't really gain weight. I'm trying to combat this with trying another alternative, I will be purchasing some Pangea fruit mix (undecided yet) and add a little perhaps to his Repashy or vice versa, to maybe entice him to eat more. Like I said this is not like "OMG MY GECKO IS GOING TO DIE HE LOOKS SO SKINNY", it's mildly unnoticed and I only seem to see it when he's turning or stretching to reach and such. That's my way to try to combat this, but if you guys have any other ideas on how you increased your geckos weight please feel free to add a suggestion 
