Hotpeon
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After getting my first leopard gecko a while ago I noticed that he only eats when he can hunt the prey down. After both of us getting used to that routine he would chomp down at least 10 mealworms or crickets per day. Now I've got a decent number of dubia roaches and he absolutely loves them but the problem is that they tend to stand still/burry after I chuck them into my bioactive terrarium. The 'problems' began last month around 28th as he was shedding. His appetite wasn't the same, he wouldn't eat mealworms anymore as he would just check what's moving and lick it and be done with it. He won't eat from tongs or from my hand (he's not afraid of me, he just seems to like prey running around) so I just have to chuck in some extra dubia (10-12) since he doesn't catch all of them in one night and I want him to catch as many as possible. Today I got fed up with dubia hiding in there and reintroduced a feeding dish into his enclosure. He was intrigued by the movement but still only ate one and went back to his hide. After some time I checked on him and he still hasn't eaten from the dish but still ate when I threw a few in front of him (he's not able to catch them all so a few always end up buried in his hide). I'm not worried about his health yet since he's very active, is pooping every few days and generally seems in great shape but I always see that other geckos chomp on everything that's moving and would overeat if they could.
I'm sorry for the long description but I'd really like to know if that should be worrying me or if some leos are just like that.
I'm sorry for the long description but I'd really like to know if that should be worrying me or if some leos are just like that.