male gecko not eating

[mouso1415]

I bought my male gecko last month which was shipped here. Once I got the little guy he ate so much which i was prepared he eat a lot. Well its june now and these past few weeks i swear he has not been eating. I just put him in a 20 long with tiles at the bottom. His warm side runs in the 90s. He is very active i tend to take him out a lot to play because he is the most playful gecko i got. Any one have any ideas why he may not be eating and i can get him to eat. Please help.

 

[STUTFL]

Whatcha feeding him?

 

[mouso1415]

i usually feed him meal worms but thing is its weird when he is so active but doesnt eat i dont understand

 

[STUTFL]

I'd give you advice if I had any experience. Best wait around for someone who knows their gecko stuff ... all I've got is he's bored with the bugs.

 

[chachasushi]

It might be that he's eating, but just not as much. As long as he's not losing weight, you're okay. Just keep an eye on him and offer him something different like crickets or maybe a few waxworms. Give him a bit of variety and see if that changes his tune.

 

[STUTFL]

There, smart person ^
If you don't *know* he's not eating anything at all ... I can see him being really hungry when he arrived, and then calming down a little once he got his stores back up.

Got any pix? Sick or not, it'd be fun to see the little guy.

 

[mouso1415]

ill put pics up on my page bc idk how to get them on this thread

 

[STUTFL]

For future reference: You can just [img][/img] tags around the web address for the picture.

 

[STUTFL]

The little orange guy? Cute.
How's his tail?

 

[mouso1415]

his tail is huge im trying get a better pic he has a nice thick tail out all my geckos he has the best thick tail my females tail is getting as big as his but my babies arent but thats understandable they are babies but ill try get a pic of his tail so u can see

 

[mouso1415]

i just added the pic where u can see his tail it was him just like a week ago when he was in his old cage

 

[STUTFL]

Ooh, look at him ... Some other folks can take a look at that, but it doesn't look to me like he's starving just yet. :main_thumbsup: Their tails eventually will get smaller (as they use up fat) if they're *actually* not eating.