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golfsk8er
02-06-04, 05:14 PM
one of my leos isnt eating! he was perfectly health big fat tail and would eat anthing that dropped near him but his tail is thinning a bit and he wont take any food. I have put criz mealies in left them there for a few hour and he doesnt touch them. tryed putting apple sauce on the food but no luck tryed hand feeding but he just turns his head HELP ME!!! iv cleaned the cage twice in like 4 days but only little yellowish poops plz help!!!
matt
crazyboy
02-06-04, 05:16 PM
How big is your gecko? what are you feeding him? what is his enclosure like? temps? anything else?
drewlowe
02-06-04, 05:19 PM
Take a fecal into a herp vet to be tested for parasites. Make sure it is a fresh sample no older than 24 hours. The fresher the better.

Is the yellow the urates? They would normally have been white.
golfsk8er
02-06-04, 05:32 PM
there hasnt been a poop today or yesterday. He not that big, sub adult, about 7or so inches anything i can do to try and get him to eat?
Gregg M
02-06-04, 07:37 PM
How are you keeping it????? Substrate??? Temps???? ect........
golfsk8er
02-06-04, 09:51 PM
Substrate is paper towle I feed everyday about 6-10 cix and how ever many mealies they will eat once a week. Temps are about 87-89 basking bout 83 ambeint (spell) hes got moist hide and such. I keep him the same as my others and they are doing great! so ya anything else you guys do if yer leos stop eating?
thanks guys
matt
matt_winter
02-06-04, 10:07 PM
Is it male or femel? Because the females will stop eating for a bit when they are about to lay eggs. Is that possibly it?
golfsk8er
02-06-04, 10:21 PM
Nope its a male.. so ya anyother ideas?
drewlowe
02-07-04, 11:21 AM
You need to get your leo to eat something maybe try some soft bodied worms like silkworms, waxworms, hornworms, butterworms, or if that doesn't work you can try some baby food. When he does poo take the fecal in to be examined for parasites.
MartinW
02-07-04, 03:36 PM
I'd keep him seperate from the others until you know what the problem is. Just to be safe.

Martin
golfsk8er
02-07-04, 08:08 PM
Well everything maybe better now he pooped normaly and i have him some crix this morning and they were gone when i got home. I think it may have been because i turned one of his lights off(he is in a melamine cage divided into three so the other two basking lights were on but i kept his off because it would heat the cage to about 94 or so . but i turned it back on, cleaned his cage, gave him some water and some crix and he ate so im happy!
Thanks for all of your help!
matt