Leo not eating?

[Terranaut]

This is my sons friends leo. We have her for 2 reasons. First is becausr the family went to Cuba for a week and 2 she hasn't eaten in 3 weeks. She seems ok other than her tail is thinning out a bit. Now she was on playsand only when she came here so I added 50% dirt and some cypress chuncks in there to hold a bit mire humidity. I have tried meal worms, super worms, crickets, and roaches. She doesn't seem interested at all.
Any thoughts? Mine eats like a machine so this seems odd to me. I am looking for poo to ensure she isn't impacted ir anything but she seems normal otherwise.
Any ideas?
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/terranaut0/20130225_125408_zpsfc89bca1.jpg

[Terranaut]

No one?? No ideas or personal examples of the same behavior?

[KORBIN5895]

How personal do you want my idea to be????

[SpOoKy]

Hey, I read this the other day but honestly have never had this problem with mine. Is it possible that there may be some crickets or worms hiding withing the enclosure that he may be snaking on when you don't see?

[Squirtle]

Other than turtles, I had a male Leopard Gecko that I considered my "true first reptile". When I got him, he didn't eat anything for me for about a month, yet he did not seem to be getting thin at all. I looked and read online on what would cause this behavior, and found that I should try wax worms because they go crazy for them. I bought a dozen wax worms the following day, and he ate every single one of them! I couldn't give them to him everyday because they are very high in fat, so I just kept giving them to him until he accepted other food, which he did very shortly (only took me about a week or two to make the transition.) I say try wax worms and if she does eat them, put a meal worm under the wax worm (wax worms are fatter and will most likely cover the meal worm, making the leo not even know it's about to be fed one) and she should start eating again.

[hollyswamp]

I had once a problem with my males, when they stopped eating for about 3 weeks. Yes, they got thinner, yes their tail was also tinner, but then one day they just starter eating normal as if nothing happened. This episode i cannot explain.

On the other hand, have a look at him. Is he lethargic, is he annoyed at you touching him? is he showing a whitish pale?

Because he is entering the shedding period

[moshirimon]

My big male never comepletely stops eating but hell cut down on food for a few months every year. Maybe eating once every couple weeks. Don't know why. Never lost significant weight and always seemed to be okay and bounce back afterwards. Sometimes you just need to offer a different food item. I think Leos need variety just as much as other lizards
Mine get bored with mealworms every day so I switch it up with crickets, waxworms, occasional horn worms (they go crazy for these in my opinion, silkworms and even a pinky here and there depending in the size of your Leo. Just make sure temps are correct, and water is available she should be fine.

[ilovemypets1988]

try this:

get some wax worms, cut them open and let the juices go over normal meal worms, crickets, locusts, the smell will make ur leo go nuts for what ever u poured the juices over

[Terranaut]

Thanks fot all the tips. Gonna try the wax worm juice thing tonight.