worried about my female need help!

[shogun607]

my gecko is prego and i think very close, however she has totally stopped eating wont go after any kind of food i put in her tank, is this a normal thing for a prego gecko?

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

Gravid females usually go off food a few days before they lay their eggs. Make sure she had an appropriate place to lay them.

 

[TranceZ]

Gravid females usually go off food a few days before they lay their eggs. Make sure she had an appropriate place to lay them.

This.

 

[shogun607]

thanks alot guys for that info and yes she has her lay box in her tank with her now ill have to keep a eye on it

 

[ghiigh33]

Mine stopped eating three days ago and layed this morning. Get ready! But be sure to feed her after, they are usually very hungry after this period.

 

[shogun607]

Thanks again guys she laid her first 2 eggs and she is back to eating like a champ.

 

[Russellm0704]

Thanks again guys she laid her first 2 eggs and she is back to eating like a champ.

That's great to hear. My females PIG OUT right after they are done laying. And, I love the look they give me when i take away the eggs that they spent weeks forming, carrying around, and laying haha!

 

[shogun607]

That's great to hear. My females PIG OUT right after they are done laying. And, I love the look they give me when i take away the eggs that they spent weeks forming, carrying around, and laying haha!

omg i know she just pounded down w/e i gave her. However it was weird when i first went to take the eggs she came at me to bite my hand idk how protective they get normally but i had to remove her from her tank before i could get the eggs.

 

[roger]

omg i know she just pounded down w/e i gave her. However it was weird when i first went to take the eggs she came at me to bite my hand idk how protective they get normally but i had to remove her from her tank before i could get the eggs.

Speaking from experience.I would throw 3 crickets at a time and let her swallow them and then offer her 3 more until shes had her fill.I had a male who pounded down so many crickets in a short time that he regurgitate them back up and went for a 4 week hunger strike.Hes back eating regularly now

 

[Russellm0704]

None of my females have ever been aggressive towards me after laying.

 

[shogun607]

None of my females have ever been aggressive towards me after laying.

hmm odd maybe she was just hungry as hell and saw my fingers kicking up dirt or something like that. She did not eat for about 3 days before she laid, but this is her first ever clutch of eggs and i just candled them after 6 days and they are all yellow and no veins or pink in them so i think they are bad eggs =( giving them another few days to be safe.