opal rivet
Do leopard geckos usually stop eating or slow their metabolism around this time of year? My Leo hasn't lost any weight yet goes at least a whole week or close to a week without eating and he seems very bright and alert whenever he's out, I try not to take him out too much since my apartment does get slightly cold but I try to keep his enclosure at the right temperature all the time and since he is always hidden or curled up in his hides
fair blaze
NQA yes we are in their usual brumation period so most stop being as active and will eat less however feeding adults once a week is standard anyways and yours to me looks like it could use a tiny bit of dieting
Lil chonky tummy
glossy meteor
how much/how often were you feeding him before? many adult geckos only eat once a week so I wouldn't say that is out of the normal range. He is quite overweight and could use some restrictions like Silver said.
dry pewter
Another brumation question - my leo went into his shedding hide two weeks ago and has not come back out. I lift the lid of the hide every couple of days to check on him and he blinks at me and seems fine
But he hasn't come out to eat, and my understanding is that pushing food is bad during brumation because the food can rot.
Any advice? He's a little over a year old now, big for a standard morph but not chonky, in a 20 gallon long tank with heat and light on a timer.
cedar nacelle
as long as the heat is up and running, you can offer food. some experienced keepers turn the heat off during winter and that’s when you shouldn’t feed
if he isn’t rapidly losing weight, he’s fine and just doing his thing 
dry pewter
as long as the heat is up and running, you can offer food. some experienced keep...
Thanks. I weighed him today (86g) and took some photos. I'll see if he stays out and will offer some food if he is still outside his hide come dinner time.
opal rivet
how much/how often were you feeding him before? many adult geckos only eat once ...
the thing is, i dont feed him much.. he only eats at least a single roach?- sometimes even 2 or 3, 4 very rarely. yet now he eats like ive said , once a week and barely a roach or a few worms and thats it
glossy meteor
the thing is, i dont feed him much.. he only eats at least a single roach?- some...
how often did you feed him before? was that every day?
opal rivet
how often did you feed him before? was that every day?
after he hit the yr i started giving him every second day or whenever he wanted to eat , now he only eats when he wants, i just try to show him food every 4th day to see how he will react
glossy meteor
after he hit the yr i started giving him every second day or whenever he wanted ...
ok gotcha! I'd try offering food once a week from now on, as well as try to offer a healthy variety adding in crickets, locusts, black soldier fly larvae, silkworms etc. wherever you can!
he is a chonky lad and as temperatures cool down they can definitely start to eat less! double check your heating and lighting with the !guide and if hes not rapidly losing weight or being lethargic, I wouldn't worry too much
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opal rivet
ok gotcha! I'd try offering food once a week from now on, as well as try to offe...
nah hes pretty good he is very active once he comes out and is very alert, i did get crickets and did used to have mealworms but he never wanted it just igored them, at the end they out grew and turned to a whole other animal- i tried to feed him today , he ignored the cricket, yet yesterday he ate one large dubia after ignoring the worms