My juvenile leopard gecko stopped eating after a shed

[ducanhle]

Hi! My leopard gecko stopped eating after a shed. It's been a week now. I wouldn't be that much concerned if it was an adult leopard gecko, but this is just a juvenile around 3-5 months old. Any suggestions why is this happening? She hasn't grown much compared to the other gecko around the same age (her tail is skinnier) and they are in two different tanks.
Thanks!
btw. I'm talking about the yellow gecko.

 

[acpart]

You can try hand feeding her --hold her gently in one hand and push a feeder gently against her mouth. This is not force feeding ---you're just encouraging her to bite it and eat it on her own. Sometimes that can "jumpstart" the eating again. If it doesn't work, consider a vet visit with a poop sample if she's producing any.

Aliza

 

[ducanhle]

I bought some mealworms today and tried to give them to her. At first she hesitated, but after a little while she went and ate them. She had around 10 of them. Although, she doesn't really try and hunt the crickets in her tank...
Hopefully she'll get her apetite back. Thanks for your suggestion!

 

[equinelove93]

I had a juvenile about the same age completely go off of food for about 2 weeks. I figured it was a mix of things. I found he stoped eating when the natural daylight in my room was less than 12 hrs so i began switching on my bedroom light to give him a 12 hour sleep and wake cycle. Also he was extremely stressed out after i changed up his habitat.

Also, handling young geckos too often can cause so much stress that they wont eat.

I find my juvies prefer mealworms as the crickets can be hard to catch. What has worked for me was pulling the back legs off the crickets prior to feeding to make them easier to catch.

but if she continues to loose weight I'd see a vet and bring in a fresh fecal.

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