Not eating... at all

[redburmese]

Okay, so I've had my leopard gecko for over a year now. My gecko at first ate crickets and small mealworms, then I switched her over to crickets and king mealworms. Then she refused to eat crickets at all, and only the king mealworms. I stopped giving her king mealworms do to it making her overweight, and gave her only normal mealworms and an occasional wax worm. But now she won't eat anything I give her, I tried Phoenix Worms , she at one and that's all. And it hasn't been a few days, its been a three months. I've never heard of this happening. My gecko has barely lost any weight, her tail is plump as ever. Now I always dusted her food with vitamins and calcium, but then she wouldn't touch the stuff. I give her a calcium dish, and she still drinks. And I know she isn't compacted, because she defecates regularly. Has this ever happened? I don't get it. She used to be quite active, hunting crickets and wiggling her tail before she caught them. Now her eyes don't even light up, she sniffs the food and then leaves uninterested.

 

[brandy101010]

If she is not loosing weight then I would not worry too much. Is it possible that she is gravid or ovulating?

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

It's possible she is ovulating. I have several girls that will not eat during ovulation, and it is so frustrating! As long ash her environmental conditions are good and she's not losing weight, try not to worry (easier said than done... huh?).

 

[gothra]

Welcome to the "My damn gecko girl won't eat" club...lol...

I have 2 females that went on a hunger strike for 4-5 months ealier this year, and lost almost 15% of their body weight. They are both back to normal now and gaining back their weight like 3-4g per week (wow!). If your gecko is ovulating, then you can try not to worry, yeah, I know its impossible not to worry, just try~ Good luck!

 

[CSgecko]

im not really experienced in "my gecko wont eat" but i can tell you not worrying is going to be the hard part lol. good luck
csgecko

 

[redburmese]

Okay, just glad to here this has happened before and geckos get over it. The good thing is my gecko is completely healthy and active. So thanks for the responses.

 

[OSUgecko]

My female's doing the same thing, it's been a month since she ate. She's lost some weight, but she was a fattie beforehand so it hasn't hurt her too bad yet. I've been worried about her a lot, though. I feel your pain!

 

[redburmese]

Good news, she's finally past her hunger strike. Now she's eating mealworms daily again. Thanks for the help

 

[dragonflyreptiles]

Congrats!