My gecko won't eat

[leopardgeckos89]

My baby albino gecko wont eat and shes loosing a lot of weight. I tried force feeding her but shes too small. What do i do???

 

[clemsonguy1125]

Whats her substrate, temps, and set up. But you can try a slurry or Ive also heard some types of baby food work good. Ill let somebody else chime in with what types because honestly Im not sure. If shes on a loose substrate like sand, my guess wouls be impaction, and in that case give her a warm bath and put some mineral oil on her nose for her to lick of. Give the baby food and slurry this same way. To low of temperatures can cause impaction too. How do you heat her. Lights can cause stress which can cause her to quit eating as well.

 

[Dog Shrink]

You can try gecko slurry (there's a recipe for it in the stickies in the feeding section) and drip it on his nose, you can try mashed crickets or mealies same way rubbed on their nose and makes them lick it off. Aside of that I'm not really sure. I never raised from a baby but there are a bunch of threads n the feeding section that could help. Also is the baby poo'ing? If so you might want to take a sample in for a fecal exam to make sure there aren't any parasites. Also could you please tell us more about your set up? Floor temps, hides, substrait etc.

 

[leopardgeckos89]

She is in a 16 quart tub. Her cage is about 87 degrees. She has paper towel. I tried baby food but she won't open her mouth. She hasn't been going to the bathroom either.

 

[Dog Shrink]

You might want to bump her temps up a bit to around 90-93. Does she have hides? She could just be stressed.

 

[fl_orchidslave]

Around 87 is not warm enough, especially for a baby thats not eating. Floor temp on the warm end should be close to 95. How long have you had the leo? Where did you get it from? Is it being handled? How are you measuring floor temps? A photo would be good, with a reference such as a coin, since its a baby. Do you have a scale to monitor weight loss? Force feeding is very stressful and should be avoided.

 

[leopardgeckos89]

Oh ok. Her body just seemed warm so I didn't raise it before. I've had him for about a month. *****. She has 3 hides.

 

[roger]

Oh ok. Her body just seemed warm so I didn't raise it before. I've had him for about a month. *****. She has 3 hides.

u are gonna stress her out if u force feed

 

[leopardgeckos89]

I got her from the local petstore. I only handed her when I need to because I don't want to stress her out. I have 2 thermometers. 1 of them is digital and the other one is normal. I cant post pictures because I dont have a cord for my camera to upload them. Sorry.

 

[leopardgeckos89]

I have been responding to everyone.

 

[leopardgeckos89]

Ok thanks. she has 2 normal hides and one humid hide.

 

[Phish999]

do you have floor temps? ambient is less important