Worried about my Leopard Gecko?

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So recently, my Gecko has been losing quite a bit of weight and has shown zero interest in eating, even with both live crickets and meal-worms being offered. There's been no change in the cage temperature, no recent high-stress, events, etc. I think he might be close to dying of old age because he's getting to be well over 10 years old and I've been told geckos under "non-professional" care tend to live around that age. Does anybody think that that's what's going on, or could it be something else?

Algernon38 · Accepted Answer

I had a sickie gecko who was recovering from a nose wound and had trouble eating her normal roach food. She was losing a lot of weight, and it scared me.  The vet gave me some "Carnivore Care" to feed her out of a syringe.  Look it up on Amazon.  It is a powder you mix with water and feed with a syringe (consistency of a milkshake).  It gives instructions on how much to feed, based on weight.  I fed my little one a small amount of this every day for a while until she gained her strength (and will to eat) back.  And it helped her gain weight.   I would slowly put it to her lips, and she'd just lick away at it.  Just something to consider.   Good luck...

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leos can live to be 15-20 years with basic care,


to answer your feeding problem, does your leo like waxworms? you can buy them from petsmart/petco/most any other petstores. my leo starting being picky lately, and didnt want to eat the past 3-4 weeks, so i have tricked her into eating mealworms 2-3 times already and it works because she loves waxworms(they cant be regular food though.)  what iv'e done is, i place a mealworm in front of her, even though she ignores it, then i drop a waxworm right on it, she wants it, and as she is going to get the wax worm, i move it with tweezers so she will eat the mealworm. i have gotten her to eat something this way, then i give her 1-2 waxworms to keep her interested for the next time.

 'non-professional care' isn't real, unless the meaning  'non-professional' means you keep the gecko in a tiny cage feeding it once every 2 weeks never cleaning the cage or watering it.  leos are very easy to take care of and can adapt well to change or stressful events.  you'd be surprised how healthy a leo can be living in a small tub on a shelf, with a heat mat, water bowl, calcium, 2 hides, and some food. they can thrive in this setting and this is why they use this setup for keeping multiple geckos, breeding or hobby.

Worried about my Leopard Gecko?

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