I NEED HELP PLEASE!!!!

[amandaroar]

So I've had 2 geckos for over a month now ones doin great but the other will not eat on her own .. I can't feed her constantly with the tongs and if I put her in the feeding box with crickets she will jus lay there... Right now she is just 21 grams and I need help..



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[PetertheGecko]

Is the problem that she cant get them because they are too fast? Or is she not hungry? If they are two fast try tearing the legs of the crickets of mealworms.

 

[amandaroar]

They aren't to fast one will sit right in front of her and she won't try grabbing in or anything and she hasn't been eating well ever since I got her she refuses to eat unless the tongs are holding the cricket or meal worm.. I just feed her and held the food in front of her and she went to get it but completely missed.. When I got her they said she might have eye trouble could that be it or do I just have a spoiled lizard that likes to be fed


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[acpart]

If they are housed together, I recommend that you separate them because the one not eating may be stressed. If not, consider trying superworms which move around a lot more than mealworms but are not as fast as crickets.

Aliza

 

[DrCarrotTail]

If she can't see well you may have to tong feed her for the rest of her life. Leos are visual predators and often won't eat if they can't see their prey's movements. If she's not blind and she's a healthy weight I would let her fast for 2 days or so and then see if she's hungry enough to hunt on her own. Leave 10 mealworms in a bowl in case daytime light or your presence is what's bugging her. Count them to see if she ate (she'll need to be in her own enclosure for this to work). If she can see and is underweight I would get her to a vet because not eating at 21g is not normal and there is probably something going on. It could be an easy fix like an internal parasite or something more sinister at play. Either way I think separating them is a good idea so you can monitor their eating and rule out bullying or some other stress.

 

[leolover7]

Put them in a container with holes in it and stick them in a fridge for 5 minutes. (I feel bad ripping the legs off.)

 

[Byost86]

Ya it sounds like there may be a problem with her vision, do the eyes seem cloudy, or milky? Or is there any film on the lens?