Long Winter of little food

[New@Geckos]

My Female Adult Gecko seems to have decided to take the winter 'off' eating. By 'off' she might eat one item per week. I offer her Wax Worms, Super worm, Meal Worms, silk Worms and Crickets. In the summer she would eat a super worm nearly daily but she has not eating one for months now. She will eat the other items randomly but only one every 7-10days.

She poops well, drink lots of water, sheds and is very active (at night especially)

Any advice?

 

[JessJohnson87]

During the winter some will go off food. They naturally do this in the wild, it's called brumation. I would just keep offering food when it seems like she may be hungry.

 

[Yoshi'smom]

Exactly as Jess said. They tend to slow down in the winter months. My boy is doing the same as yours is except he seems to be a bit more lazy.

 

[New@Geckos]

This is year 2 with her, last year when she was new to us, it was very hard to get her to eat in the winter, I thought it was because she was moved into new place. Maybe she does not like eating in the winter.

 

[Yoshi'smom]

This is year 2 with her, last year when she was new to us, it was very hard to get her to eat in the winter, I thought it was because she was moved into new place. Maybe she does not like eating in the winter.

This is likely the reason. It's natural for them to slow down food consumption during these winter months.

 

[acpart]

So far my 10 year old super snow leopard gecko Oskar is still eating. He goes on long hunger strikes most years. One year he didn't eat from November till May. He weighs in currently at about 80 grams. Keep offering, as mentioned, and try not to worry about it.

Aliza