One of my 9 month old females has been laying eggs. She has not been with a male at ANY point in her life and she just started laying them about 2 months ago. The problem is, it's caused her to lose a ton of weight and I'm having trouble getting her to gain any of the weight back before she lays another egg. Ideas?
Losing weight and laying eggs
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The most you can do is to keep offering food and be patient. I weighed my breeders mid-breeding season and again in October and found in some cases a 20 gram weight difference. The only thing to be concerned about is if she also starts acting lethargic and ill.
Aliza
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roger
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Welcome to the frustrating world of leo husbundry.I have a male who hasnt eaten 7 weeks.I'm so used to it having 16 leos.I have several who are picky eaters I just don't worry about it anymore.i just keep offering them food.By the sounds of it a lot of peoples leos are going through Hunger strikes.
Neill
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Have 1 girl and 5 boys not eating grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I give up and just throw food in and take it out if not eaten... make that 2 girls not eating, stupid breeding and wanting sex more then food... Wait... That sounds about right! :main_yes: :main_laugh: :main_yes:
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i have a female who is very picky,
and graced me with her missing appetite for a DAY..
ate one stinkin mealworm.
the girl is full grown and weighs 38g..but shes lost a LOT of weight..
i was so excited she ate..and then she quit..and looked at me like "HA i fooled you didnt i"
evil lil brats..
and graced me with her missing appetite for a DAY..
ate one stinkin mealworm.
the girl is full grown and weighs 38g..but shes lost a LOT of weight..
i was so excited she ate..and then she quit..and looked at me like "HA i fooled you didnt i"
evil lil brats..
I have several females that have gone on the sex/no food diet. I break them with waxworms. I'll feed them 5-7 at a pop for a few days to fatten them up. I know its not the best but fat turns to fat pretty quick and you can see quite a change in their tails. I also switch with butterworms too. They plump up pretty quick that way. Good Luck!
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