Female Adult suddenly quit eating

[clayton]

My gecko always eats good and has a big fat tail. About almost a week ago she just suddenly stopped eating. I do not know what to do about this because she has never done this before.

 

[StopperExotics]

She may be in a state of brumation. Has she been exposed to a male or anything?

 

[Tony C]

Is she ovulating?

 

[clayton]

Well, sort of, but they haven't interacted. I have a divider in my tank and they both were doing fine, but the female just stopped eating. What is brumation?

 

[clayton]

And also what is ovulating..

 

[clayton]

No, she is not ovulating.

 

[Whitey]

I don't know, this past winter was weird for me and my girls. I have three right now that aren't eating, and I had one that I finally had to put down because I was syringe feeding her for 4 months... she looked horrible. I had brought her to the vets, ran fecal, xrays, the whole nine yards and nothing could be found.

 

[gothra]

How old is your girl? If she can sense the presence of a male, that may kick start her ovulation process. If a girl stops eating at this time of the year, its most likely either because the ambient temps have dropped, and/or she is ovulating.

 

[clayton]

My girl is a year old. Can you tell me what the ovulation process is because I really do not know for sure.