lilactheleo
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Alright, so I know there are a lot of posts out there about not being able to get their leos to eat and being super concerned about it, but my issue with my leo is kind of different.
I got my two new leos at the same time, about a week and a half ago, and one of them is blind. When it comes to feeding time, Mel (the one who is not blind) eats with vigor. Mel attacks anything that moves, even my tweezers, with ferocity and feeding time is definitely his favorite time of the day. But Lilac (who is my blind baby ), I cannot get her to eat for the life of me.
Now, I know there are a lot of things that can cause a leo not to eat, but I'm starting to get concerned. Their terrarium is definitely big enough and it's definitely warm enough, because Mel is having no problems with eating, at all. There are plenty of hides, even though Lilac spends most of her time in a corner of the tank, soaking up the heat from the under tank heater and the over tank lamp I have set up. I do have both Mel and Lilac in the same tank, so I don't know if there's a "bullying" situation going on. As of right now, they are both about the same size so it's not as if Mel is much bigger than Lilac and is picking on her, but I don't know what goes on when I'm not home. And yes, I know that it can take awhile for leos to get settled into a new space, but I'm just concerned because she is blind and she can't exactly see, though she can smell, the food I'm putting in front of her.
I have gotten her to eat twice since I've gotten her, by force feeding, even though I really hate the idea of force feeding. I have tried dangling a worm in front of her face, which I was told was the only thing she ate before I got her, and then have left her alone with the worm for awhile, but she still doesn't eat it. I don't know if I should just give her more time to settle in and see if she eats on her own, but I'm still kind of worried about it, because of the added factor that she's blind.
So if anyone had any tips on how to get a leo to eat that would be super helpful, but keep in mind that she is blind and I'm not exactly an advocate of force feeding. I feel as if I've traumatized her the two times I got her to eat by force feeding her.
I got my two new leos at the same time, about a week and a half ago, and one of them is blind. When it comes to feeding time, Mel (the one who is not blind) eats with vigor. Mel attacks anything that moves, even my tweezers, with ferocity and feeding time is definitely his favorite time of the day. But Lilac (who is my blind baby ), I cannot get her to eat for the life of me.
Now, I know there are a lot of things that can cause a leo not to eat, but I'm starting to get concerned. Their terrarium is definitely big enough and it's definitely warm enough, because Mel is having no problems with eating, at all. There are plenty of hides, even though Lilac spends most of her time in a corner of the tank, soaking up the heat from the under tank heater and the over tank lamp I have set up. I do have both Mel and Lilac in the same tank, so I don't know if there's a "bullying" situation going on. As of right now, they are both about the same size so it's not as if Mel is much bigger than Lilac and is picking on her, but I don't know what goes on when I'm not home. And yes, I know that it can take awhile for leos to get settled into a new space, but I'm just concerned because she is blind and she can't exactly see, though she can smell, the food I'm putting in front of her.
I have gotten her to eat twice since I've gotten her, by force feeding, even though I really hate the idea of force feeding. I have tried dangling a worm in front of her face, which I was told was the only thing she ate before I got her, and then have left her alone with the worm for awhile, but she still doesn't eat it. I don't know if I should just give her more time to settle in and see if she eats on her own, but I'm still kind of worried about it, because of the added factor that she's blind.
So if anyone had any tips on how to get a leo to eat that would be super helpful, but keep in mind that she is blind and I'm not exactly an advocate of force feeding. I feel as if I've traumatized her the two times I got her to eat by force feeding her.