Need some winter advice

[Penelope24]

I have had her for 5 months and she is 7 months old. She has been awesome. Eats and poops great but she went went through a shed on Monday. She went through the shed fine. She ate it. She pooped Tuesday night just fine. But she has not eaten since then. I have tried but she just looks at it and closes her eyes and ignores it. I have only fed her meal worms and she loves them. I dust them with a multi vitamin with calcium and she has calcium in her tank without d3. I only give her bottle water. Yesterday she pooped very little. Her warm hide runs between 90-92. I checked her cool side and it was around 75 and this is during the day. This is my first winter with her so I don't know if this is normal or should I worry. I would prefer she didn't bromate. If that's what's happening. I'm just worried about her any advice would be greatly appreciated. Oh yeah I live in south Texas so winter really isn't winter here if you know what I mean.

 

[Penelope24]

Just weighed her. 82 grams

 

[acpart]

She's big and healthy. I don't know if they react more to the temp or the light but it's not unusual for leos to eat less in the winter. They won't necessarily be brumating. I have a lot of leos now (many babies for sale) and the adults range from eating every time I feed them to not eating at all. I'd say my average adults' weight is about 70 grams.

Aliza

 

[Penelope24]

Thx. Makes me feel better.

 

[Josh2]

How's she doing this month? Has she been eating more? Less? How's her weight?

 

[Penelope24]

She ate for about three days in a row before Christmas and went through a shed but she has not eaten since. She's gone from 82 grams to 79 grams. I have her on paper towels but recently bought her container and put in Zilla desert blend ground walnut shells so she can dig. I had calcium sand but heard it could cause impaction. Not sure about this stuff. If you have. Better suggestion please let me know. I'm also afraid of egg binding since I'm not breeding her. I'll try to post pics later. Thanks for checking on us.

 

[Penelope24]

 

[acpart]

I think coco fiber is safer. I use it in all my lay boxes.

Aliza

 

[Tialung]

She is beautiful! I like your set up

 

[Penelope24]

Thank you

 

[Penelope24]

I changed out to coco fiber. Thank you for the advice. She pooped last night. So I guess she's not impacted from the calcium sand and crushed walnuts I had her on.

 

[Josh2]

Coco fiber is good stuff. She looks great! Definitely stay away from calci-sand.
So how soon until you get another one??

 

[Penelope24]

I'm looking into get getting a breadie. But I must say she has stolen my heart and will probably just enjoy her for a while.

 

[Josh2]

Beardies are pretty cool too!
You could put another leo in there with the one you have. Beardie's aren't nice to each other like that

 

[acpart]

Leos aren't always nice to each other either, but I have been lucky in that respect.

Aliza

 

[Josh2]

Yeah I think their demeanor tends to be less territorial and less aggressive. In general if you have multiple water dishes and multiple hides and a large enough enclosure, leos don't bother each other. I guess I've just heard a lot more horror stories about bearded dragons being housed together.

 

[gavinsepanik]

Yea leopards do great together and if you are worried about egg binding keep calcium w/ vitamin d3 in a dish in your geckos cages. Also coco fiber is small enough to pass through a geckos stomach and intestines safely. I have also used sphagnum moss in my lay boxes and have had the same success.