Eating and Eye issue.
Had a Leopard Gecko for over 2 years. Since December she hasn't really been eating, to the point that her tail is significantly thinner. She dosn't act very hungry, at all. Eating seems due to just autopilot. She also has had one eye with problems finishing shedding, I had had to continually use saline to wash our her eye, every time I look at her a new day here eye is closed again and i have to wash it out. Eye issue has been every day for over a week now.
Before I feed her I make sure she can see out of both eyes (i flush the other one out if it is closed at the time)
I have tried mealworms and crickets. She still hunts, but will miss and give up on hunting after her first miss. I have seen her eat maybe twice in the past 2 months. I thought for moment that she was taking large breaks from eating due to when she shed, it having been winter, yet now that her tail is maybe a 1/3rd of the width it used to be, that idea is out.
When I get her awake, she acts totally normal (except not eating). Will either swirm around like normal, or sit on my hand like normal (when she wants too). Only eating habits have been the big change. I thought it was due to her eye but when they are both open and clear same story.
For instance i just weighed her now, and when i put her back in the cage i placed a squirmy mealworm there as well, she just looked at it for a second, as if she perked up, then looked away with total interest lost.
When i wash out her eye it looks basically fine, except obviously moist, and the lower eye lid looks as if it is a little streched, like the skin does after you remove a bandaid.
I just put her in a giant plastic container, maybe 2 feet by 3 feed with one cricket and some food for the cricket so it dosn't harass her. She iis moving around, totally alert, head perked up, eyes open, totally ignoring the cricket.
About your leo:
- Female
- 4+ years old, 1.4 ounces assuming I weighed correctly.
- How long have you owned your leo
- Given to by friend who didn't want.
A) Health/History
- Some days not at all if I am letting her be. Other days I will take her out to soak her, or let her run around. A fair ammount when I do.
- She stays on the cold side of her cage on her hiding rock usually.
- Never, just thought she didn't eat much until the last few months when she dosn't eat much for sure.
B) Fecals
- None atm, usually hard and dry,
- over a week ago.
C) Problem
- see top. Not eating, yet she tries and gives up on first miss. One eye is constantly being closed, if I wash it out, she uses it and it looks fine. next day it will be closed and with gunk again. only last 2 weeks have i been dealing with constant eye issue, up to 2 weeks ago it was just the not eating issue
Housing:
A) Enclosure
- 10 gal
- glass tank
- paper towels
- 2
B) Heating
- underneath cage on one side, and a heat lamp above cage.
- 95 on hot side. 80 ish on other side
- room temperature is fairly stable
- thermometer on cage
- just a faint blue one at night since she has her own walk in closer. and it gets pitch dark in there at night (i had to since the crickets drive me crazy)
C) Cage mates
- Hone female
- never had issues before besides needing to soak her every other month or so
Describe Diet:
A) Typical diet
- mealworms that feed on various veggies the day before, havn't seen her eat one in a few weeks. when she did eat would be maybe 3 or 4 a week
-crickets. i bought 5 r 10 TINY ones a week and a half ago and they disappeared, i think she ate them since i found no left over crickets. i bout new ones and they are normal size, she got one in her mouth and it got away, and tried to eat a few others, hasn't sucseeded tho.
- I feed her by placing the mealworms in the cage near her, or crickets just in the cage, before this always worked, now not at all it seems
B) Supplements (describe how often)
- I have vitamin d3 powder I used to cover every other feeding with, now that it is so infrequent i do every cricket mealworm in homes she eats it
- i have vitamin powder without d3 as well, same story as d3, only used once every other eating before, now every time in hopes she eats
- What are you gut loading food with
Had a Leopard Gecko for over 2 years. Since December she hasn't really been eating, to the point that her tail is significantly thinner. She dosn't act very hungry, at all. Eating seems due to just autopilot. She also has had one eye with problems finishing shedding, I had had to continually use saline to wash our her eye, every time I look at her a new day here eye is closed again and i have to wash it out. Eye issue has been every day for over a week now.
Before I feed her I make sure she can see out of both eyes (i flush the other one out if it is closed at the time)
I have tried mealworms and crickets. She still hunts, but will miss and give up on hunting after her first miss. I have seen her eat maybe twice in the past 2 months. I thought for moment that she was taking large breaks from eating due to when she shed, it having been winter, yet now that her tail is maybe a 1/3rd of the width it used to be, that idea is out.
When I get her awake, she acts totally normal (except not eating). Will either swirm around like normal, or sit on my hand like normal (when she wants too). Only eating habits have been the big change. I thought it was due to her eye but when they are both open and clear same story.
For instance i just weighed her now, and when i put her back in the cage i placed a squirmy mealworm there as well, she just looked at it for a second, as if she perked up, then looked away with total interest lost.
When i wash out her eye it looks basically fine, except obviously moist, and the lower eye lid looks as if it is a little streched, like the skin does after you remove a bandaid.
I just put her in a giant plastic container, maybe 2 feet by 3 feed with one cricket and some food for the cricket so it dosn't harass her. She iis moving around, totally alert, head perked up, eyes open, totally ignoring the cricket.
About your leo:
- Female
- 4+ years old, 1.4 ounces assuming I weighed correctly.
- How long have you owned your leo
- Given to by friend who didn't want.
A) Health/History
- Some days not at all if I am letting her be. Other days I will take her out to soak her, or let her run around. A fair ammount when I do.
- She stays on the cold side of her cage on her hiding rock usually.
- Never, just thought she didn't eat much until the last few months when she dosn't eat much for sure.
B) Fecals
- None atm, usually hard and dry,
- over a week ago.
C) Problem
- see top. Not eating, yet she tries and gives up on first miss. One eye is constantly being closed, if I wash it out, she uses it and it looks fine. next day it will be closed and with gunk again. only last 2 weeks have i been dealing with constant eye issue, up to 2 weeks ago it was just the not eating issue
Housing:
A) Enclosure
- 10 gal
- glass tank
- paper towels
- 2
B) Heating
- underneath cage on one side, and a heat lamp above cage.
- 95 on hot side. 80 ish on other side
- room temperature is fairly stable
- thermometer on cage
- just a faint blue one at night since she has her own walk in closer. and it gets pitch dark in there at night (i had to since the crickets drive me crazy)
C) Cage mates
- Hone female
- never had issues before besides needing to soak her every other month or so
Describe Diet:
A) Typical diet
- mealworms that feed on various veggies the day before, havn't seen her eat one in a few weeks. when she did eat would be maybe 3 or 4 a week
-crickets. i bought 5 r 10 TINY ones a week and a half ago and they disappeared, i think she ate them since i found no left over crickets. i bout new ones and they are normal size, she got one in her mouth and it got away, and tried to eat a few others, hasn't sucseeded tho.
- I feed her by placing the mealworms in the cage near her, or crickets just in the cage, before this always worked, now not at all it seems
B) Supplements (describe how often)
- I have vitamin d3 powder I used to cover every other feeding with, now that it is so infrequent i do every cricket mealworm in homes she eats it
- i have vitamin powder without d3 as well, same story as d3, only used once every other eating before, now every time in hopes she eats
- What are you gut loading food with
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