#gaining weight (picky eater)

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thorny anvil
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there is no set weight range for leopard geckos

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there are ideal body conditions but in terms of grams that is going to vary heavily depending on the individual.

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do you have a top down picture of her standing on a solid surface?

round linden
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This one yeah, but not from the side.. i cant find her in her enclosure rn but if i do ill take another picture!

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thorny anvil
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she looks fine in that photo there. is that recent?

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also since you're new 😮 and i'm not sure it's been sent yet! !guide

I'd take a look at the careguide and compare your husbandry to make sure it's up to date! We keep the careguide up to date with current husbandry standards and it's backed by scientific data :3 (mainly sending it because in the scale picture i see wood shavings)

thorn kindleBOT
round linden
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May 11th

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I will def check that out, thank u xx

thorny anvil
# round linden May 11th

when you have time, doesn't have to be right now can you take another top down picture like the one you just sent :o! just to see her current body condition. can be tomorrow or whenever you're able to ❤️

round linden
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They are very blurry sorry, she was about to run away but i caught her 🙂

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I am working on making her tail thicker though

thorny anvil
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If she’s dropped that much weight since May in terms of body condition I would schedule her an appointment with a certified exotic vet

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Just to be safe and rule out anything internal going on

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!vet

thorn kindleBOT
round linden
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I will try, thank you. And if i try to make her gain (ill put all of my time in it so she eats properly) will her tail eventually thicken also?

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Thats my biggest issue

thorny anvil
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some things like parasites can make it hard for them to retain weight

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she's also cohabitated right now correct?

round linden
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Yes, but im planning to take the male away since im moving anyways, but shes staying with her sister

thorny anvil
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you cannot cohabitate any sort of pairing at this current time as there is not substantial evidence to support it.

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!cohab

thorn kindleBOT
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Cohabiting

In general, it is likely not a good idea to cohabitate leopard geckos, even just females. While some keepers are currently exploring possible benefits of social interaction between leopard geckos, there is no proven benefit to cohabiting, and they are not generally known as social creatures in the wild, despite there being some accounts of them living in groups.

While there are no benefits, there are definitely hazards. Hazards of cohabiting in general are domination behaviors, food stealing, spatial and thermoregulatory competition, fighting, tail dropping, stress, etc. Cohabiting different sexes comes with even more hazards, such as overbreeding, surprise eggs, and more.

In addition to outright hazards, many people who support cohabiting do so due to misconceptions. Leopard geckos do not have the ability to form strong emotional bonds (make friends), cuddle, or be lonely. People also sometimes separate their geckos and then assume that the adjustment period of each gecko now living in a new situation as the geckos missing each other, which is not the case. 99.9% of people are also cohabiting in much too small of a space. A single leopard gecko should ideally be in a 3x1.5 ft enclosure on it's own, let alone two in a similar or smaller size.

Due to these reasons, it is considered unwise to support cohabiting leopard geckos at this time. Our recommendation to people currently cohabiting is to separate them as soon as possible, whether that be by buying a new enclosure or by rehoming one or more. Please keep responsibly and keep in mind that geckos are incredibly adept at hiding their stress, so you likely wouldn't even know if your gecko was severely stressed.

thorny anvil
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that could be another factor in her body condition due to numerous reasons.

round linden
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Alright, ill work on 2 other bin enclosures until we move, or sell one of them i guess, i dont really have a choice then:(

thorny anvil
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Our duty as owners is to make sure our animals are safe and sound / mitigate any sort of stress that can happen to our babies. Even if that means getting rid of the others or making bin enclosures and while it may hurt if selling is the only option, it doesn't mean you're a bad owner or anything. you're thinking of the animal's welfare and doing it for the betterment of the animal.

To expand on the command a little bit more though since I know cohabitation is a hot topic in general-

They can seem just fine for years but something can set one off for seemingly no reason at all and one or both end up hurt or dead. You cannot watch them 24/7 and don’t truly know what’s going on. A few members of staff have geckos who were cohabbed and either have scars from fights or were the ones who ended up killing their roommates. Being raised together doesn’t mean anything as with our current knowledge of the animal they do not have the ability to form social / familial bonds.

The main exploratory paper people try using has 3 sentences about them being together in the wild but it doesn’t actually explain why. No environmental reasonings, nothing. The rest of the paper is about breeding behaviors, fighting and also points out they will in fact eat their own young so it actually contradicts the topic. The other studies do not cover social behavior really and are more about physiological or biological responses and behaviors in relation to things like spatial awareness or breeding behaviors. so there just really isn't anything out there that supports this sort of thing.

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definitely try to seperate them as soon as possible and get her into a vet just to be safe and sure!

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vet may be able to give you something to help with weight gain as well after figuring out what may be the cause

round linden
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This has been a great help, i’ll bring her to a vet and sell one of them sadly, but if its for the best then i have no other choice, thank you.

dreamy field
thorny anvil
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based off the scale image i think they may dutch

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since the little container says "meelwormen" lmfao ❤️

dreamy field
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awww poop :( that’s all good then!