Male leopard gecko losing weight

biggiy05

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Gonzoe my second oldest leopard gecko hasn't been eating for a few weeks now. He has been going off and on with this. He won't eat for a few weeks, then he eats a bit then goes back on strike.

He wasn't losing any weight but now it's starting to show in his tail. He is still pooping regularly but doesn't want any mealworms which I can't figure out. I'm going to buy some wax worms to see if I can convince him to eat one or two of those just to get him eating again.

Any suggestions? He just shed by the way but he hasn't been wanting to eat since his last shed. I'm going to be taking him to the vet asap.
 

Baysidegeckos

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Remember that if males are around other females, or if introduced to other females they can lose interest in feeding. Thats if you have females.

Also this time of year when it gets a little cooler the geckos Metablosim slows down which causes the geckos eating to decrease, and they dont eat as much.

You can also try giving him other types of food to stimulte his feeding, crickets seem to do this very well with there fast movement which triggers alot of geckos to eating and stimulates there feeding response. Wax worms should help too, but if not try crickets. If it still worries you take him to the Vet as you said.
 

biggiy05

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:wall: I totally forgot about Beeker being next to him. They've been that way for probably a year or so now. She's in the tank next to his on the table...they've seen each other maybe once or twice in their lifetime but that's about it.

I'm gonna keep an eye to make sure he keeps pooping. I'll pick up some crickets on Friday with the worms.
 

biggiy05

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Sorry for the double post. I just woke up a few minutes ago and checked on everyone. The left side of his mouth, just under it is a bit swollen. That wasn't there last night but he won't let me get near him to get a closer look.
 

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