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Hello again..
I apologise yet again for possibly the same old story (as I have searched for previous threads), but i'm beginning to get worried.
Ive had my leo for 6 years now and hes been a happy fella up untill now, hes always been a little skittish and not the biggest of leopard geckos, but has always ate well. But over the past month I have seen a rapid decrease in his appetite and has eaten practically nothing over the past 2 weeks.
The problem is ive not changed anything in his enviroment that he isnt used to. The temperature has been cooled to 24'c in the warm end for winter, which i do every year but apart from that nothinh has been changed from his usual all year round habitat.
Last week I changed about 1/3 of his substrate to sand (the rest is covered with bark), because I thought possibly he needs more contact with the heat the mat is producing from under the vivarium for his digestion. Although hes never had a problem this with before, but i thought i'd try anyway.
He has no physical problems i can see of, so i'm really stuck to what could be causing the lack of appetite.
Ive read up on the exo terra electrolize supplement and i'm thinking to try this.
Does anyone have any suggestions for a worried keeper?
I apologise yet again for possibly the same old story (as I have searched for previous threads), but i'm beginning to get worried.
Ive had my leo for 6 years now and hes been a happy fella up untill now, hes always been a little skittish and not the biggest of leopard geckos, but has always ate well. But over the past month I have seen a rapid decrease in his appetite and has eaten practically nothing over the past 2 weeks.
The problem is ive not changed anything in his enviroment that he isnt used to. The temperature has been cooled to 24'c in the warm end for winter, which i do every year but apart from that nothinh has been changed from his usual all year round habitat.
Last week I changed about 1/3 of his substrate to sand (the rest is covered with bark), because I thought possibly he needs more contact with the heat the mat is producing from under the vivarium for his digestion. Although hes never had a problem this with before, but i thought i'd try anyway.
He has no physical problems i can see of, so i'm really stuck to what could be causing the lack of appetite.
Ive read up on the exo terra electrolize supplement and i'm thinking to try this.
Does anyone have any suggestions for a worried keeper?