Attention all Gecko Professionals

[tmbkaity]

Hey, I am new to the leopard gecko world, but so far loving it. It has been about 2 months since I bought my first. She was sold to me from a breeder who said she was about 12 years old, and has a missing toe. She is a lovely girl, but she is frustrating me!
She is having regular BM's and has she 2 times that I have caught.
She is housed in a 15 Gallon tank, repticarpet as substrate.
Has 2 hides and a moisture box at all times
Her temperatures are in the area of 73 in the cold side and 95 in the warm side.
I use a redheat lamp as well as a UTH for her warm side.

Here is my issue,
When she is interested in eating, for example today, she will eat one right off the bat, then continue hunting. She will go after another but they get away and she just gives up. I don't leave the crickets in there with her so I'll give her about an hour then take them out.

Could she be blind or just plain lazy? I've tried mealworms, but they don't seem to appease her.

Sorry for the post being so long.

Thanks so much,
Kaity&Leona

 

[uhxxLeah]

What morph is she? I know that enigmas and albinos sometimes have trouble with striking. You can try removing the jumping legs from the crickets (this is what i do with my geckos with striking problems). Also, offer her a dish of mealworms.

Let us know how this goes.

Leah

 

[Destiny]

I trained my enigs and my one gal that's blind to tong feed.. it works great!

 

[ace bomer]

leos dont have good eyesight to begin with, there best sense is smell

 

[acpart]

I have many leos that need some "assistance". Sometimes it means handing the feeders to the gecko one at a time (this works great with my enigma). I have also done the following: fed the gecko in the humid hide (I use big plastic containers with the entrance on top), used plexiglass to block off an area of the cage so the hunting space is smaller, switched to superworms for my difficult feeders: they are slower than crickets and bigger than mealworms so are easier to catch.

Aliza

 

[tmbkaity]

I have some pictures for you guys. They aren't very good, phone, so bare with me.

 

[tmbkaity]

BUMP.
Not sure if she is an enigma, sneaking suspicion that she isn't. Let me know though!!