Reptile Forum, Reptile Classifieds - CaptiveBred

paul75 · Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:58 pm Post subject:

iv had my gecko for 2 days now, i have him in a smaller platic box thing, the temp and eveything seems fine, he has not eaten at all since i got him, i have held a small cricket right in from of his mouth, let one dangle in front of him but he never touched them, he just turns and walks away, he never seems in any hurry unless i touch him, then he runs for a few steps, i did see him drinking some water today, when should i begin to worry about him not eating?
thanks

Salli · Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:59 am Post subject:

Not yet if he seems to be healthy.
Try mealworms too, sometimes they just don't want to eat some certain food. Do you try to feed him after the lights have been switched off? My gecko does that every now and then - doesn't eat if it's not dark.
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Jack · Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:55 pm Post subject:

u should ask what they were fed in in the shop or where ever u got them Wink

paul75 · Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:15 pm Post subject:

Jack · Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:20 pm Post subject:

what other lizards

paul75 · Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:18 pm Post subject:

i think there was another type of gecko and some small lizard, other than that iv no idea, they all seemed to be fairly young though

Jack · Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:28 pm Post subject:

i would have thought that would have been quite iresponseible of the shop to mix such young animals

paul75 · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:49 pm Post subject:

it was a shop in prestwick and to be honest its not the cleanest or best looking shop in the world, i have had 2 spiders there in the past and both were fine so i thought id take the chance again as i dont know where the other shops are that sell reptiles