Just won't eat

Zynx_Keekeio

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I got a Leopard gecko from the arlington texas show, and For the first week she wouldn't eat, I offered mealworms, crickets, hand fed, made them move more and nothing, finally she ate crickets but now she's stopped eating again and has no interest in eating anything, and I notice when I throw crickets in I never see her go after them but later on I'll come by and there will be what look like regurtated crickets, in that they look like they went half way down the throat and came back up, all smooshed into a cylinder, no mucus or slobber just compacted crickets. I'm worried about her, when I first got her, her color was bright now she's getting blacker and blacker, especially on her tail. But I've noticed some SHTCTB are sensitive to temperatures, of which mine are at 95-96 degrees on the hot side and lower 70s on the cool side. I just don't know what to do, I'm keeping track of her weight and the scale shows she is loosing weight, gaining weight but from her apperance she is getting tinyer and tinyer. I Don't know what to do!? I've gotten her to eat I guess three times, force fed three mealworms, after the third she'd just bite and spit and then two times of crickets but of course I saw the crickets later.
 

Kellyr

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Try lowering your temps to about 92 and I am not sure her size but offering smaller crix are easier to digest and dont offer that many at a time. I had a hatchling that I bought from a petstore do this.. she would eat maybe 7-9 crix and then immediately start to gag and throw them up.. so put in maybe 2-3 at a time to get her tummy used to it then you can slowly increase the number. If not you may have to hand feed some slurry. If its very then you may have to go to the vet and have them do a fecal to test for bacteria and parasites...
 
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