Male breeding wight loss

[Alex Hernandez]

My question is concerning my male giant leopard gecko: I started breeding him at 80grams with only one female. They have been together for about a month and a half and he hasn't really eaten that much. It isn't a sickness because female would have go i they share water, but she is constantly ravenous, and neither show any signs of sickness of any type. He is very active moves a lot. He has lost about 7-8 grams, just wondering if this is normal for a male leopard gecko to not eat for a short period during breeding?
-Thanks

 

[OnlineGeckos]

Yes male leopard geckos do tend to stop eating when they breed, that or they eat very little. Loss of weight happens to both male and females during the breeding season.

 

[Alex Hernandez]

Thanks you for the information.

 

[stager]

That's funny my only male that drops weight breeding is my giant. He is about the same weight as yours and the minute he is in with a female he stops eating completely.

 

[Samantha12]

My 80 gram RAPTOR refuses to mate, but if a female is in his enclosure too long, he'll go off food as well. Strange little critters