New fat-boy does not eat

[Chibii]

I got a new male gecko on an event in the houten. He is about 92 grams and has a huge tail.

But i have him sins Sunday the 14 and has not eaten yet. He has his eyes open but is not interested..


Ughh, they feeded him overall crickets, and had a bowl whit mealies in their.

 

[cat_named_noodles]

Give him time to settle in. The stress of travelling/a new home will often make a gecko not interested in food. Two of mine did the same thing, didn't eat for a week or two after moving in. I say give him a week, don't bother him, and try a wide variety of prey items to get him to eat. A bowl of mealies, a few crix/roaches, perhaps a Phoenix worm or two, maybe a waxworm...If there is poop in the enclosure, you can rest assured he's eating.

 

[Chibii]

I have him for a week and a half now, he weight was 92 grams when i got him and a week later it was 82 grams. he still does not eat, i have tried mealies and crickets.

This is my second gecko btw, should i go the a vet first?

 

[Saphira]

What does your set up look like? do you have humid hides, UTH etc??
might need to check for worms...

 

[Chibii]

A picture of his setup above, i don't have a humid hide. he has shed a wile ago. Ant UTH??

 

[latshki]

under the tank heater, do you have a heat source at all?

 

[Redleg]

If your enclosure/tank is set up properly, then all that you can do is pretty much keep a close eye on him. I have a male Blizzard that did not eat for three weeks when i first obtained him, I kept an eye on him and weighed him to monitor weight loss.

He's not eating much, but he's not loosing much weight at the same time, so I am not too concern for my fella. Keep an eye on the tail...... that is also his stored food source.

if he had recently shed, leos do eat their own shed.

 

[Saphira]

He needs to have the UTH and a humid hide.....