Lazy Gecko?

[Ruby]

My gecko hasn't been coming out of his hide a lot lately...only for a few moments or to poop! I've handled him every week every two or three days and he seems docile...I dust his mealworms and crickets before feeding...I've even given him some landscape in his tank! He just seems lazy, and he's only 4 and a half! What can I do to give my little guy more energy or make his tank more exciting?

 

[Ruby]

http://www.geckotalk.com/index.php?attachments/img_7195-jpg.402/: Here's his enclosure...only for the past week has he seemed lazier. Where I live, it is nearing the beginning of spring so is it a possibility he is beginning to hibernate?

 

[Josh2]

Interesting... what are his temps like? Do you think he may be a little stressed because of the changes to his enclosure? What was his behavior like before?

 

[LeoLover1]

Or give him some new decorations, like big rocks or sticks, to climb on. Maybe that'd perk him up. Is he eating okay? Sometimes they just slow down for awhile, too.

 

[Ruby]

Yeah, I handled him last night, but I think it was just because he was digesting some large crickets

 

[Geckomaster743]

Yeah, I handled him last night, but I think it was just because he was digesting some large crickets

Thats good to hear, I have a Female named Athena and she has always been slow to eat, to be handled, and to move around. She has been getting out lately but this isn't the first time I've heard of a gecko like this

 

[Sammerz1990]

ya my Cleo is like that after she eats she spends days in her humid hide and wont come out...but then she comes out when their is food again...

 

[Ruby]

It just makes you miss them!

 

[Sammerz1990]

ya it does haha i just looked in her cage to see if she was ok and she was layin out catchin some light haha

 

[Ruby]

Same with mine!

 

[Sammerz1990]

hahaha wow we might have twins haha!

 

[Ruby]

Is yours a special morph or normal? 'Cause mine's normal!

 

[Sammerz1990]

i got her from petco so i believe shes a normal

 

[Ruby]

Then they really are twins...I bought mine off a person who bought him at Petsmart