Baby leopard gecko won't eat please help

andy11121988

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Hello, I have a baby leopard gecko that will not eat I have tried baby crickets,mealworms,and roaches won't eat any on them and yes they were all live and kicking so to say.... She is an albino she is beautiful and I feel bad I can't get her to eat any thing,... She is in a 5 gal. Tank with a moist hide and a under tank heat pad for heat she has been in this tank for about 2 weeks prior to this tank she was in my "big" tank with my other leopard geckos (40 gal breeder) read that she was in too big of a cage and was probaly scared of the bigger gekos and the amount of room,... So I got the much smaller set up,... I was also told to soak her in warm water for 2 hours to make sure she was not dehydrated so I di that 2 times now she still won't eat,... There is always mealworms out for her but she never eats them,.. I had my local pet store order me some wax worms because I have not tried those yet,.. I just need help I don't want her to die any tips/advice would be awesome!!!
( I accedently posted in wrong thread earilyer sorry)
 

roger

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Hello, I have a baby leopard gecko that will not eat I have tried baby crickets,mealworms,and roaches won't eat any on them and yes they were all live and kicking so to say.... She is an albino she is beautiful and I feel bad I can't get her to eat any thing,... She is in a 5 gal. Tank with a moist hide and a under tank heat pad for heat she has been in this tank for about 2 weeks prior to this tank she was in my "big" tank with my other leopard geckos (40 gal breeder) read that she was in too big of a cage and was probaly scared of the bigger gekos and the amount of room,... So I got the much smaller set up,... I was also told to soak her in warm water for 2 hours to make sure she was not dehydrated so I di that 2 times now she still won't eat,... There is always mealworms out for her but she never eats them,.. I had my local pet store order me some wax worms because I have not tried those yet,.. I just need help I don't want her to die any tips/advice would be awesome!!!
( I accedently posted in wrong thread earilyer sorry)

You should have quarrantined her from the others..How old is she? 5 gallon is too small of a tank, 10 gallon is good.What are her surface temps under her warm hide? needs to be between 88-95 deg.
 

sausage

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a weight to go with the age ro would be good, as a plump healthy gecko could go for weeks without eating if it so choose to.
the move is most probably the reason as new digs are scary for any gecko.
 

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