Juvenile gecko - not eating since arrival

[desert_rat]

Hi everyone,

I just got a new little guy, he's pretty juvenile I know. I also know it's common for leos to not eat within the first days or even weeks of a new place, but considering that he's so young I know he also NEEDS to eat. I've had him for 5 days and no interest in anything - meal worms, small crickets, I know wax worms are HIGHLY ill advised but I even put one in his dish just to see if he'd eat and he hasn't touched any of them. He sees the crickets but does not go for them.

Should I just let him do this thing, and he'll eat when he absolutely needs to? I know feeding with forceps is common but he's so skittish still that I'm afraid that might be an utter failure. He had access to mealworms in a dish prior to my having him, but I don't know what his eating habits were - again, he's very young (probably too young I'm sure).

Thanks for any input.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

For more info:

http://www.geckosunlimited.com/comm...eating/86569-newbie-questions.html#post490328​

 

[Sg612]

Hi everyone,

I just got a new little guy, he's pretty juvenile I know. I also know it's common for leos to not eat within the first days or even weeks of a new place, but considering that he's so young I know he also NEEDS to eat. I've had him for 5 days and no interest in anything - meal worms, small crickets, I know wax worms are HIGHLY ill advised but I even put one in his dish just to see if he'd eat and he hasn't touched any of them. He sees the crickets but does not go for them.

Should I just let him do this thing, and he'll eat when he absolutely needs to? I know feeding with forceps is common but he's so skittish still that I'm afraid that might be an utter failure. He had access to mealworms in a dish prior to my having him, but I don't know what his eating habits were - again, he's very young (probably too young I'm sure).

Thanks for any input.

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I also know it's common for leos to not eat within the first days or even weeks of a new place Not common at all.

He’s comfortable enough to bask, he’s comfortable enough to eat. Something is off, could be temperature related. Make the adjustments recommended on the other post and let us know if he starts to eat or not. Is he passing feces?

 

[desert_rat]

I also know it's common for leos to not eat within the first days or even weeks of a new place Not common at all.

He’s comfortable enough to bask, he’s comfortable enough to eat. Something is off, could be temperature related. Make the adjustments recommended on the other post and let us know if he starts to eat or not. Is he passing feces?

Really? I've read a lot that within the first week when they're settling, they often don't have much of an appetite. I would just be baffled if the temps were off THAT much. Ambient temps seem to be matching up to what is expected, and the hides and UTH and whatnot are the same set up as what my adult gecko had years ago and she thrived.

He passed stool once. And I haven't seen any since, but he also hasn't eaten since.

 

[Hilde]

Continue in your other thread: http://www.geckosunlimited.com/comm...using-and-heating/86569-newbie-questions.html which is about this gecko. This problem is most likely related to what's being discussed in that thread. Keeping it all together makes it easier to see what's been suggested and done to fix it.