Eating Question

[MARQUIS]

I was wondering how often leos eat? And how long is the longest any of you have seen your gecko go without eating? My gecko looks and seems health has not lost any noticeable weight but just does not seem to be eating. The temperatures are as recommend. Shes pretty active but just seems to not be interested in the meal worms I sit in her tank. I plan on getting crickets tonight to see if she is just not into meal worms. I was thinking maybe the meal worms are just not active enough for her. She wasted no time eating the wax worms I feed her until I found out the weren't very benificial to her diet. Any feedback would be great. Thanks guys and girls.

 

[Olimpia]

I'm just gonna help bump this because I'm not sure I have any useful suggestions. I once had a female go several weeks without eating more than one cricket every few days. I ended up trading her for another gecko with a fellow breeder, and she's doing fine now but I don't know what triggered her hunger strike and what broke it.

Hopefully crickets do the trick!

 

[MARQUIS]

Thank you for your input.

 

[Chewbecca]

I had a female go on a recent 2 month hunger strike.
I can count on one hand how many feeders she ate in that 2 months.
The reason???

Ovulation.

This often happens with female leos.

If she eats the crickets, she might just be bored with mealies.

Good luck!
Hunger strikes suck.

 

[MARQUIS]

Ok thats really helpful