Very Confused!! Please help

[blsmit]

I'm very confused by one of my geckos. She was happily living with two other geckos until I noticed that she wasn't eating. So I put her in her own ten gallon for further supervision. She is very young (not sure exact age), and is getting thinner by the day. Also, I haven't watched her eat in months, but for reference, going on two weeks of last eating.

Cage information:
10 Gallon
UTH=95F
Light=CFL
Cool Side=70
Substrate=ReptiCarpet (old was Tile)

Now here is where things start getting really confusing. I put in a dish, mealworms and wax worms, The next day all were still there. So Yesterday I moved a wax worm in front of her, she saw it and bit it, then spit it out. So I tried a mealworm, she didn't even bite it, just looked and turned her head away. Then I tried crickets, which she dove after, and killed two and wounded one, but spit them all out. Can someone please explain this?

Also, she has always done this really weird thing, where she will backup her body without moving her back legs, twist her head, and then walk away fine. She used to do it every time she ate a cricket. Can someone explain this.

Please help, Blsmit

 

[acpart]

The body twisting thing they sometimes do when they're trying to get the food all the way down. I've seen it often. Here's an article about geckos not eating:
http://www.geckotime.com/my-gecko-is-not-eating/

Aliza

 

[blsmit]

Thank you very much for your fast reply,
Thank you for explaining the twisting thing. And thank you for the link.

blsmit

 

[Gregg M]

Cage information:
10 Gallon

UTH=95F

Cool Side=70

This is exactly what I always talk about when it comes to ambient or cool side temps...

You can have a nice hot spot, but if your ambient air temps are too low, your gecko will almost always go off feed...

Your cool side or ambient air temps need to be bumped up atleast 10 more degrees... 70 is way too cold... Try that and see if your gecko starts to eat...

 

[blsmit]

I will be replacing the cfl with an incandescent bulb for more heat.

Is there anything else that I should be doing?

Also is there a gecko soup substitue that doesn't use the hills a/d? because I will gladly make the soup and feed it too here but I don't want to be bothered by prescriptions and such.

Thanks once again for everyone help and more solutions are always welcome.

Blsmit

 

[Gregg M]

Making a soup/slurry is a very last resort and honestly I do not believe in using one at all... They very rarely, if ever, turn a gecko around and I feel they are used in place of proper husbandry and proper vet attention way too often...

 

[blsmit]

Well that is clearly my last resort. Since she hasn't eaten in a long time I'm at a complete loss as to what to do.