Crested gecko help

[babyboa97]

I bought a baby Harley flame crested gecko for my brother at a show but he is not eating. We got him the crested gecko setup and its in about 76 degrees. It's been 4 days now and he haven't eating. All he does is sleep and bite. Can any one help. I'm new to cresties and I want to do it right.

[Mikoh4792]

do you handle it?

It doesn't look like he has much to climb on. I would put some ledges, more twigs and branches, some cork flats...etc. Must feel pretty insecure with all that open space and clear sides.

[babyboa97]

The picture is sideways. He has the stick and the vines. I don't know if that's enough. We did not handle it except for putting him in the cage

[BryanB]

What are you trying to feed him and when. mix some cresty diet and put it in his cage and leave him a day or two a lot of the time you will not be able to see that he has eaten if you mixed the stuff rite.

[babyboa97]

He was offer cresties diet and a cricket

[Mikoh4792]

One stick and a vine is cruel IMO. I would give it a couple more sticks, vines, and ledges.

[babyboa97]

Ok ok. That's what they sold me. Ill get more stuff

[BryanB]

Originally Posted by babyboa97

He was offer cresties diet and a cricket

min edose not eat every day and at first it was alarming but trust me there is a good chance you just will not notice right away

[thinkbig317]

I agree w/ the above statements. I'd def add more to the enclosure to make he/she feel more secure. Offer CGD and Im sure it'll start eating. Might not be super noticable but eating none-the-less.

[arnoldosu1]

I know this thread is almost a month old, but...You will not notice that he has eaten his crested gecko diet until you see poop. It is that simple.

*Poop=he's eating*

How is he/she?

[Charis]

Little late to the party too but thought I'd go ahead and mention that all of mine pretty much don't eat for the first week after they were bought/shipped or even moved to a different cage. That seems to be fairly typical from all I've heard.