Leopard Gecko Feeding Issues

[mike989e]

I have 3 Leopard Gecko's in my tank, i started feeding them on Crickets and the odd Waxworm, i have tried to move away from crickets as they are escape artists. I now feed them Mealworms and Waxworms, now recently, the last 2-4 days, they wont eat any food.

They have never taken food from the food bowl, and only when i use tongs. so i have given up putting the food bowl in altogether as i don't like to leave their food in the tank anyway.

The strange thing is today they wouldn't eat anything not even Waxworms, which supprised me. they don't look unhealthy, their tails are fatter than when i bought them from the shop.

2 of them are extremely skittish and run away whenever i try to feed them, and one of them even try to bite me whenever i put my hand in the tank, its not cause of food as i tried to put food in too and all it did is bite then let the waxworm fall on the floor.

does anyone have any idea's whats wrong?

I've had the gecko's 2 months, they are a mixture of ages, ranging from 4 months to 6 months.

Stats:

Temp 28 at night 32 in the day. I use a infrared light in the day and a heat mat as night.

The tanks is 3.5 foot by 2 x 2

1 Wet hide, made from a plastic container which moss at the bottom.

3 logs to hide under and in.

1 huge water bowl. filled up with about 1CM of water in the deeper end.

 

[Khrysty]

I'm assuming the temperatures are measured in Celsius?

 

[mike989e]

yes i'm from England, we do different temps to you, they are the right ones

 

[Khrysty]

Most people use a different form of measurement than we do >.<

I assumed the temperatures were Celsius (and therefore the correct ones), I was just clarifying for the next person that came along so they could help too

I wonder if it may be food boredom. Have you tried offering them a different type of feeder altogether?

 

[Yamori]

How often do you feed them and how many crickets/mealies do you put in at a time? Food boredom? maybe but they could simply be full. For some reptiles, feeding everyday is too much.

Don't feed waxworms as a staple, they should only be fed as an occasional treat due to high fat content and instead of mealies try supers. None of my reptiles will eat mealies but love supers, supers are also slightly better nutritionaly and more easely digested.
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Darren.

 

[mike989e]

They are eating Crickets but not mealies or Waxworms, the waxworms i give them maybe once a week, they normally love them, was giving them abit more to fatten them up abit.

 

[mike989e]

How often do you feed them and how many crickets/mealies do you put in at a time? Food boredom? maybe but they could simply be full. For some reptiles, feeding everyday is too much.

Don't feed waxworms as a staple, they should only be fed as an occasional treat due to high fat content and instead of mealies try supers. None of my reptiles will eat mealies but love supers, supers are also slightly better nutritionaly and more easely digested.
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Darren.

i give them about 5 each of the crickets i put 8 each of the mealies and put them in a bowl, but none of them get eaten, if i feed them using twesers they eat about 2 each