Help putting weight on a young gecko.

[TheresaB.C]

Sorry for any bad spelling or grammer in advance, I am very dyslexic and have not slept in 3 days. The joys of school....

Hello. I have had leos for around 6 years now and have had no problem putting weight on any of them. but one of my leos for some reason will not put on weight. She is a female around 4 years old. She had never had any health problems. I feed her 2-3 crickets a day with calcium every other day. She for some reason is terrifiyed of mealworms and hisses at them, not a clue why. She has all the attitude in the world, alpha gecko, will hunt my hamster from the view from her cage but no, mealworms are just to terrifying. Anyways, i am having trouble getting weight on her. I dont know what weight she is due to my scale being 15 years old and very inacuret. It is easy to tell just from looking at her that she could use a bit more meat on her bones. She has the matabialism of a teenage boy, i swear. Anyways if anyone has any idea on how to get some weight on her that would be grate. I dont have any photos of her at the moment because i cant get close enough to her without her thinking my fingers are food. I do have a vido on youtube of my 3 geckos, One is an aft, another is a jumbo leo and she is prety easy to spot, because she looks like a baby in the vido.

the vido is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LZ-Ef1ypBs
If you do need photos, feel free to ask, i will do my best. I wont be home tonight (they are being watched by friends) So i will have to get them tomorow

 

[Yoshi'smom]

Is she a recent arrival?
What makes you think she needs to add weight? Based on the video, I'd say that they all appear to be of a healthy weight.
Perhaps she has an internal parasite that is inhibiting her from gaining the proper weight she needs?
You could try adding a few waxworms to her diet to help add weight.
I would also make the $10-$15 investment into a digital scale so that you can accurately measure her weight and monitor if she's losing weight or maintaining a normal weight.
I hope for the sake of the video that they were only together for that short period of time. I don't recommend housing geckos communally, and especially not mixing species.
Your African Fat Tail has different husbandry requirements than the leopard geckos do.

 

[Keeboard]

Leopard geckos over a year old should be fed at most every other day and as many crickets as they will eat in 15 minutes

 

[TheresaB.C]

One of my geckos got since a while ago and had to go to the vet. While there i got fecals on all of them and there were no parasites. And I understand why you are concerned about my AFV. She is kept with my leos (now only one as the other passed away) I have compensation for all the things AFV's need. The tank has a wide range of temperatures from the low 70's to the high 90's in basking spots. The humidity is nice and high. My father who is on permanent medical leave is always at home and taking care of them. She was taken to the vet a while back and she is in perfect health. In the six years i have had them together there has not been one fight between them. I have tried to separate them befor and they actually got distressed. The two tanks were beside each other they saw each other and kept trying to climb out. They only stayed at the sides of the tanks they could see each other. This really shocked me, especially considering neither of them are social creatures. They have been together since they were babies and have always gotten along. When my other gecko passed away, they actually got depressed. I took them to the vet to see if anything was wrong, our veterinarian agreed that they were depressed, probably because of the recent death. If you have any more questions or concerns feel free to message me.

 

[Yoshi'smom]

The only concern I have is that high humidity for a leopard gecko is not a good thing. So what's good for your AFT is detrimental to your leo. High humidity can lead to respiratory infections as they are native to an arid landscape.
Did your vet tell you what had caused the other leo's death?

 

[TheresaB.C]

She had a burst cyst in her tail. She got a splinter in the area a few weeks prior. She was rubbing agents a small wood hide while she was shedding and had gotten it. It did not even go deep enough to draw much blood, just a tiny bit, not even hath a drop. I had cleaned it, put her in a sepreat tank because i am slightly over protective. I had also out a tiny bit of children polysporn on it. It healed up in two days. She got sick a little while after and we took her to the vet, as i said. I have screenshot of the x-ray. The cyst was behind her back left leg. It did not even show up in the xray.



I will definitely take the humility into consideration. I will try to do some research tonight and figure out a way that i can have a lower humidity for my leo. I just dont want to separate them again since they are so attached to each other. Thank you very much.

 

[TheresaB.C]

You will be happy to know they have been separated. They where put into separate tanks about two weeks ago. They did stop eating again and trying to regroup. They are having daily "play dates" now which they very much enjoy. They are always waiting at the cage door for me when i get home from school. They go together for on about an hour. In this time they eat, sleep, bask and follow each other around like puppies. I will always be confused how these two got so attached to each other.

 

[Yoshi'smom]

This is good news and probably best for the two of them since their care is so different.
It's great to hear that they still enjoy play dates though.