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Spring fasting?


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Posted by geeboo on May 09, 2003 at 00:35:26:

In Reply to: Spring fasting? posted by kestrelgoddess on May 08, 2003 at 19:27:59:

yea, sometimes they do but usually before and during the winter. They can just decide not to eat sometimes I don't think anyone actually knows why they just go through spells.


:I have two adult females living together. I've had them each for about 2 years, and they have always been voracious feeders. Within about the last 3 or 4 weeks, they stopped eating mealworms entirely. I had been feeding them strictly mealworms, because they gobbled them up & ignored crickets. I tried crickets, and they only ate about 2. Both have pretty fat tails & don't seem to be losing weight. They prowl around their cage at night, but ignore the mealies.

:
:Do geckos have a spring hormonal change that makes them stop eating? I went through that will my ball pythons, and am just wondering if leos do the same thing.

:Thanks





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