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babyboa97
08-21-13, 06:21 PM
I bought a baby Harley flame crested gecko for my brother at a show but he is not eating. We got him the crested gecko setup and its in about 76 degrees. It's been 4 days now and he haven't eating. All he does is sleep and bite. Can any one help. I'm new to cresties and I want to do it right.

Mikoh4792
08-21-13, 06:22 PM
do you handle it?

It doesn't look like he has much to climb on. I would put some ledges, more twigs and branches, some cork flats...etc. Must feel pretty insecure with all that open space and clear sides.

babyboa97
08-21-13, 06:34 PM
The picture is sideways. He has the stick and the vines. I don't know if that's enough. We did not handle it except for putting him in the cage

BryanB
08-21-13, 07:19 PM
What are you trying to feed him and when. mix some cresty diet and put it in his cage and leave him a day or two a lot of the time you will not be able to see that he has eaten if you mixed the stuff rite.

babyboa97
08-21-13, 07:27 PM
He was offer cresties diet and a cricket

Mikoh4792
08-21-13, 07:49 PM
One stick and a vine is cruel IMO. I would give it a couple more sticks, vines, and ledges.

babyboa97
08-21-13, 09:28 PM
Ok ok. That's what they sold me. Ill get more stuff

BryanB
08-22-13, 02:21 PM
He was offer cresties diet and a cricket

min edose not eat every day and at first it was alarming but trust me there is a good chance you just will not notice right away

thinkbig317
08-22-13, 02:39 PM
I agree w/ the above statements. I'd def add more to the enclosure to make he/she feel more secure. Offer CGD and Im sure it'll start eating. Might not be super noticable but eating none-the-less.

arnoldosu1
09-16-13, 03:09 PM
I know this thread is almost a month old, but...You will not notice that he has eaten his crested gecko diet until you see poop. It is that simple.

*Poop=he's eating*

How is he/she?

Charis
09-16-13, 07:37 PM
Little late to the party too but thought I'd go ahead and mention that all of mine pretty much don't eat for the first week after they were bought/shipped or even moved to a different cage. That seems to be fairly typical from all I've heard.