I have to be completely honest...

[Heather]

But only a few of my geckos have super fat tails like all ya'lls. They use to have nice fat, thick tails, but I think the breeding season has wiped some of them out.

I don't know what else to do, other than what I am doing. I feed them crickets every other day. They all have little bowls of mealies for whenever they want, and I feed them a few wax worms maybe once a week. They have calcium dishes and all are in their own tubs. Can someone please help me out in getting their tails super fat and healthy again?

( please don't slam me. I am asking for advice on what I might be doing wrong, so I can get them back to healthy geckos. thanks )

 

[Srt14292]

As you say, most of the time its just breeding season, they go off food, etc. Sounds like you are doing everything right, are your temps right? Other then that your lucky they are still easting, for some of us we have little buggers that refuse full stop, I even had my tremper stevie escape for 3 days last week, found her hiding under my bed! they will do anything to get away! haha.

 

[Chewbecca]

Most likely your geckos will fatten up after breeding season and JUST in time for winter.
And then in winter it starts ALLLLL over again.
At least with mine.
They breed, eat like pigs when they're done breeding, then winter comes and they go off food a bit, then comes breeding season, etc...

 

[sunshinegeckofarm]

sounds like you are doing everything fine. i know some of mine have dropped a good deal of weight from laying eggs but the males are fine maybe a few grams lost. but my girls been pumping out alot of eggs and its taken a toll on them. I feed superworms. so maybe add some supers to their diet too, and always make sure the insects are very well gutloaded.

 

[OhioGecko]

Just like everyone else above said , they will lose weight during breeding season and gain it back after they are finished breeding.

You can stimulate their appetite somewhat by raising the hot spot temp to 95-97. I have personally found that they stay bigger feeding on superworms also. I cycle superworms in about every three weeks for one week.

Good Luck.

 

[Heather]

I know I have the heat tape set at about 86 degrees in the rack. The ambient temp is around the low 80's.

I will definitely start feeding supers. I do know that a lot of my mealies ( have a small colony ) are quite a bit larger than the rest. Probable a stupid question, but is that the same thing as a superworm?

 

[Keitone]

I would up the temps for sure. I have my tape set at 107 which makes in tank temps around 92 on the warm side, and ambient temps in the low 80's

 

[Northstar Herp]

Superworms are a different kind of larvae. Mealies get around 1.25", and Supers are a couple of inches long, but the big difference is how big around they are. Supers are several times bigger around.

They are SUPER, after all...