BrightReptiles
Badhabits727
- Messages
- 948
- Location
- Seminole, FL
About your leo:
- Sex Female
- Age & Weight 2 years, 32g
- How long have you owned your leo
- Where was he/she obtained (ex. Pet store, breeder, wild caught, friend) breeder
A) Health/History
- How often do you handle your leo bi-daily
- Is your leo acting any different today? Over the past few months she has been losing weight rapidly and refusing to eat
- Has he/she had any problems in the past, if so please describe.
B) Fecals
- Describe (look any different than normal) normal
- When was the last time he/she went, yesterday
C) Problem
- Please briefly describe the problem and how long it has been going on
weight loss, not eating
Housing:
A) Enclosure
- Size 16qt tub, paper towels
- Type (ex. glass tank)
- Type of substrate
- Hides, how many, what kind two, dry and moist
B) Heating
- Heat source heat cable on rack
- Cage temps (hot side, cool side) 94F, 80F
- Method of regulating heat source A/C unit in room, layers of tape over cable = ghetto thermostat
- What are you using to measure your temps zoomed digi probe
- Do you have any lights (describe) No.
C) Cage mates
- How many (males, females) 0
- Describe health, or previous problems. Was healthy until bred
Describe Diet:
A) Typical diet
- What you're feeding (how often, how much) Current staple is large mealworms, tried temporary staple with wax worms, silk worms, pinkies. Was eating crickets.
- How are you feeding (hand fed, left in dish, ect) Went from crickets jumping around, to hand feeding crickets, to trying worms, then hand feeding worms, hand feeding pinky, etc. Now wont take food at all.
B) Supplements (describe how often)
- What vitamin/minerals are you using (list brands) Zoo Med Calcium +D3, Reptivite
- What are you gut loading food with Potatoes and wheat bran.
She was a healthy happy leo when we got her, about a year old and roughly 50 grams in the beginning. She was bred to our hypo, and went on a laying spree and things fell apart from there. She was literally laying two eggs bi-weekly. She would not eat a week before laying, so was basically on a week off a week from food. She started losing weight after her first lay. (Eggs were always fertile, none were kept). She stopped laying over a month ago, and now will not eat anything at all, and we have tried everything. She has dropped to 32 grams. She is not the least bit lethargic, but refuses to eat (though apparently she is sneaking a worm here or there because she is pooping regularly, but she isn't eating more than a single worm every 3-4 days). The hand feeding started because she seemed to have a hard time hunting from the beginning. She would lunge at them, but only go about half way and never actually catch anything, no matter how close to her it was. We'd have to take it in the tongs and rub it on her jaw for her to be able to strike at it efficiently. Now she doesn't even make the effort. This is our pet, and will never be bred again, and we don't want to lose her. We have tried raising her temp a bit on the warm side as this has helped us with other geckos going on feeding strikes in the past, no luck with her. Any advice is appreciated.
- Sex Female
- Age & Weight 2 years, 32g
- How long have you owned your leo
- Where was he/she obtained (ex. Pet store, breeder, wild caught, friend) breeder
A) Health/History
- How often do you handle your leo bi-daily
- Is your leo acting any different today? Over the past few months she has been losing weight rapidly and refusing to eat
- Has he/she had any problems in the past, if so please describe.
B) Fecals
- Describe (look any different than normal) normal
- When was the last time he/she went, yesterday
C) Problem
- Please briefly describe the problem and how long it has been going on
weight loss, not eating
Housing:
A) Enclosure
- Size 16qt tub, paper towels
- Type (ex. glass tank)
- Type of substrate
- Hides, how many, what kind two, dry and moist
B) Heating
- Heat source heat cable on rack
- Cage temps (hot side, cool side) 94F, 80F
- Method of regulating heat source A/C unit in room, layers of tape over cable = ghetto thermostat
- What are you using to measure your temps zoomed digi probe
- Do you have any lights (describe) No.
C) Cage mates
- How many (males, females) 0
- Describe health, or previous problems. Was healthy until bred
Describe Diet:
A) Typical diet
- What you're feeding (how often, how much) Current staple is large mealworms, tried temporary staple with wax worms, silk worms, pinkies. Was eating crickets.
- How are you feeding (hand fed, left in dish, ect) Went from crickets jumping around, to hand feeding crickets, to trying worms, then hand feeding worms, hand feeding pinky, etc. Now wont take food at all.
B) Supplements (describe how often)
- What vitamin/minerals are you using (list brands) Zoo Med Calcium +D3, Reptivite
- What are you gut loading food with Potatoes and wheat bran.
She was a healthy happy leo when we got her, about a year old and roughly 50 grams in the beginning. She was bred to our hypo, and went on a laying spree and things fell apart from there. She was literally laying two eggs bi-weekly. She would not eat a week before laying, so was basically on a week off a week from food. She started losing weight after her first lay. (Eggs were always fertile, none were kept). She stopped laying over a month ago, and now will not eat anything at all, and we have tried everything. She has dropped to 32 grams. She is not the least bit lethargic, but refuses to eat (though apparently she is sneaking a worm here or there because she is pooping regularly, but she isn't eating more than a single worm every 3-4 days). The hand feeding started because she seemed to have a hard time hunting from the beginning. She would lunge at them, but only go about half way and never actually catch anything, no matter how close to her it was. We'd have to take it in the tongs and rub it on her jaw for her to be able to strike at it efficiently. Now she doesn't even make the effort. This is our pet, and will never be bred again, and we don't want to lose her. We have tried raising her temp a bit on the warm side as this has helped us with other geckos going on feeding strikes in the past, no luck with her. Any advice is appreciated.
