Concerned....

[mkeg1]

I have had my new leo for about 2 weeks and she wont touch any meal worms. She spends most the the day in her hide and I haven't seen her touch a meal worm yet. She would eat a few crickets but not alot. What should I do?

 

[marula]

how old is he/she? at what temperature you keep him/her? fromwere he came? have you do a fecal examination? dimension and kind of fauna?
remember that is better keep babies in small fauna (better small than big) and with some good hide place..

 

[mkeg1]

She was born late august so she is fairly young, she had a warm side about 86+ and a cool side room temp. I havent done a fecal examination? She is in a 20L. She still hasnt eaten yet.

 

[marula]

you can try to put the high temperature to 88/89°F and to put her in a smaller fauna, babies (and adult too) generally feel more better in smaller place..don't open the fauna soo much and try to keep her in a quiet place with hide place and humid box.
from where she came? what are her condition now, she is fat or not? she was skiny when you have take her or not? she is alone in the fauna, right?
you can try with a cricket to see if she whant it.
she is active or not when she go outside the hide box?
some of my leo re-start to eat 3 weeks after the moving to home: different temperature, humidity, fauna and condition can stressed the animal.
do you have any fecal for try to do an examination?

 

[GeckoRing]

We had one baby this season that refused to eat....at all. I hand fed her with Marcia's slurry for several months. Taking breaks to see if she would eat. When I was just about to loose hope, I set a mealworm in her hide box, after not feeding her for several days, she ate it! No problems since. It is very frustrating and worrisome, I was even dreaming about this poor little gecko!