Help!

[Gabrial]

My gecko isn't eating.I just got him three days ago on Sunday,he's mostly healthy but, he's about 6-7 grams underweight but otherwise he's healthy but he woln't eat Ihave offered him mealworms and crickets.He ate 3 mealworms when we first put them in but that's it.Is he just uncommfortable or should wait till sunday and if he doesn't eat should i call the breeder?

Thanks for looking.

 

[Khrysty]

Give him time to settle in. Cover his cage and let him get comfortable with his new home in the dark. Leave some mealworms in a dish for him and check on him once a day. Once he starts eating again (which could be tomorrow, or two weeks from tomorrow, or sometimes longer), you can start handling him. You've just gotta give him time

 

[Gabrial]

Thanks for the fast reply.

 

[Gabrial]

Yay!!! After a week of trying he finally ate 7 giant Mealworms and 7 half-inch Crickets.=)

 

[Designer Geckos]

That's always such a relief when leos have gone off food and then they start eating again! It's pretty common so don't worry.
Freshly shed superworms, (crickets in a dish without their jumping legs), or waxworms often will restart them when they've been off food for a while. Once leos get a little food in their stomach, the stomach expands, the digestive juices re-activate, and they start to get hungry again and soon begin to eat normally.
Good luck.