normal?

[breanna-banana13]

is it normal for females to stop eating when they are ovulating?? Eliza hasn't eaten normally for a while and i just figured out that she is ovulating. could this be the reason for her weird habits??? she has been slowly losing weight and i jsut want to know if it is this or something bigger.
Also, how long do they ovulate for?

 

[RampantReptiles]

Is she with a male? Possibly pregnant. If not I might suggest giving her a soak in warm water for 20 minutes. Its possible she could become egg bound. I would read up on that.

 

[breanna-banana13]

nope, not with a male. and i dont even think she has eggs yet. i dunno, ill try to post a pic when i get home.

 

[ajveachster]

It is common for females to go on hunger strikes when ovulating. We have about 8 doing that right now. After about a week or two they start eating normally again. We have had some maintain the same weight and some lose a gram or so during that time. How much weight has she lost, and how long has she not eaten?

 

[breanna-banana13]

im not sure exactly how much weight she has lost (i dont have a scale) but it is enough to be noticeable. she is not scary skinny, just skinnier than i would like her to be. she hasnt eaten in a while, she used to eat a cricket or a superworm everyonce in a while but as of late she hasn't eaten anything. :main_thumbsdown:

 

[vctkiller]

My leopard gecko is ovulating too, and hasn't aten much in the past 3 weeks. She will take about 2 crickets a week? Though her stool isn't runny or anything, and she hasn't lost any weight So is that bad?