It was doing fine, and then I transported it home for spring break and it hasn't eaten since. Could it be because of the stress? Does anyone have any suggestions on what to feed him to get his appetite back? I've tried wax worms and thats not working...PLEASE HELP!
2007-03-26 09:39:40 · 7 answers · asked by Drew G 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Here is a lisy of food you can try, it's best to feed live food as it is more tempting. Have you tried small crickets? those are really good.
Commercial house crickets (Acheta domesticus)
Black field crickets (Gryllus domesticus)
Mealworms (Tenebrio molitor)
Superworms (Zophobas mario)
Silkworms (Bombyx mori)
Locusts (Melanopus spp.)
Cockroaches (Blaberus cranifer, etc...)
Wax worms (Galleria melonella)
Also, try to not transport your lizard unneccesarily and if you do, keep it in it's same cage if you can. If you are only gone for a week, it might be better to have someone drop in and feed it for you.
good luck
2007-03-26 10:08:06 · answer #1 · answered by allyalexmch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's a little stressed out, but should be back to normal eating schedule soon. You can try to feed him crickets, or meal worms. But you shouldn't worry too much because they can go up to even a month without eating. But if he does not start eating with in a week or two you should start to worry then.
2007-03-26 17:08:14 · answer #2 · answered by Firefly 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hmm.... I'm no expert but I think stress may be part of it. It could also be enviroment diffrence. Do you have a heated lamp? Some dirt, sand, and desert plants? Make sure his temperory enviroment it as similar as his other one. He def. needs a heated lamp so he can raise his body temp. Meal worms are good food, and every 3 or 4 days live crickets are good(little crikets) If you try this and its not working you need to check with a professinal. Call petsmart, petco, or somthing like that to check with their lizard specialist and see what they say. You can check with Vets too even if they dont know they may be able to give you the number to a specialist! Hope this helps!
2007-03-26 16:52:09 · answer #3 · answered by krdes1 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's ok for them to not eat for a few days. Their natural environment is the desert, and food is sometimes scarce, so they store fat in their tail. I would worry after a week of not eating. We live in South Louisiana, and after hurricane Katrina, nothing was coming in or out of the pet stores, so we couldn't get live crickets for a few days, and ours was fine. I would try mealworms and crickets, make sure you have water in the enclosure. You'd be surprised at how much water ours drinks, and he has not eaten in the past until we filled up his water dish.
2007-03-26 17:06:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Geckos like small cricket and meal worms, But what most people dont know is that they love nectar. try placing a small amount of organic baby food friut in the cage. My Geckos love it!
2007-03-26 17:22:20 · answer #5 · answered by poopinmypocket 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's from stress. Get some mealworms and leave them in a shallow dish in the cage. It will eat when it's ready.
2007-03-27 00:08:46 · answer #6 · answered by Brandi W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is from the stress of moving it. try feeding it crickets or meal worms..mine would always eat them no matter what.
2007-03-26 16:51:36 · answer #7 · answered by ♫♪kpguitar_90♫♪ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋