Gecko no longer eating…
My female gecko Basil is about 5 years old. Around a month or two ago she started rejecting food, just slow blinks at it with complete disinterest. Normally this is the usual for when it starts to get cold outside she always eats less often. But it’s been almost two months now and she’s dropped from 80 grams to 68grams in that time span.
Her hot side sits at a toasty 90° and her cold side around 70 since my house is that temp. I do have a thermostat for her heating pad so I know the exact temps and such. Her normal diet is giant mealworms and for treats wax worms, we tried crickets in the past but she’s a little to derpy for their speed. She also has access to water, I change it everyday.
My main question is, what do I do? Is force feeding her a thing I should do? Or just let her drop weight until she eats? After 5 years of having this lovely baby Ive never been more worried in her disinterest in food.
Here is a picture of her a year ago with a fat tail, her tail is around almost a 1/3 of what it was
My female gecko Basil is about 5 years old. Around a month or two ago she started rejecting food, just slow blinks at it with complete disinterest. Normally this is the usual for when it starts to get cold outside she always eats less often. But it’s been almost two months now and she’s dropped from 80 grams to 68grams in that time span.
Her hot side sits at a toasty 90° and her cold side around 70 since my house is that temp. I do have a thermostat for her heating pad so I know the exact temps and such. Her normal diet is giant mealworms and for treats wax worms, we tried crickets in the past but she’s a little to derpy for their speed. She also has access to water, I change it everyday.
My main question is, what do I do? Is force feeding her a thing I should do? Or just let her drop weight until she eats? After 5 years of having this lovely baby Ive never been more worried in her disinterest in food.
Here is a picture of her a year ago with a fat tail, her tail is around almost a 1/3 of what it was