Spoiled leo?

[lizardlove]

So Sappho stopped eating a few days ago. At night she'll maybe eat a mealworm, but that's about it. I'm going out to get a scale later today. She's still active and doesn't look skinnier, but she just doesn't eat the way she used to. However, if I take a mealworm out of her bowl and put it in front of her, she'll run the thing down. Is something wrong, or is she just lazy and expects to be hand-fed? I'm a little worried... I hope it's a winter thing, but she eats when I put the worms right in front of her. Just want to make sure she's healthy.

 

[acpart]

THey do get lazy and if you hand feed her, she may come to expect it. That's no problem if you don't mind it, but if you do, you could either get her attention and then drop a worm into the bowl where she can see, let her be hungry for awhile till she remembers about her bowl, or switch to crickets.

Aliza

 

[lizardlove]

Haha yeah, she's a smartie. I did the thing where I held it then dropped it into the bowl. She stares at it when I'm holding it and maybe takes a step forward, then when I drop it into the bowl she'll look up at me like she's saying, 'I don't think so. You just pick that worm back up, now.' I might just hand-feed her. I'd rather do it that way than have her starve. I'll just remember not to get them started on it next time I get a leo! Out of curiosity, how many mealies do they eat a day? I got her about three weeks ago, not sure how old she is... She's still little yet.