5 Reasons Your Leopard Gecko Isn't Eating - Picky Geckos

If your leopard gecko won't eat any insects and begins losing weight, it's important to try and find the source of the issue and fix it as soon as possible. Not to fear! Most often, the issue is very simple, not dangerous, and easy to adjust, assuming your husbandry is all accurate. Today, I go over the 5 most common reasons I see leopard geckos refuse food.

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[TheJunky]

honestly, if somebody is uncomfortable feeding leopard geckos live insects, then they shouldn't have taken on the responsibility of caring for them in the first place.

[leopardgeckotalk]

Yup welcome to my world. Ziggy didn’t eat for months as she was ovulating, barely lost any weight. Then she started eat and refused crickets for months. Then literally one day she decided she absolutely loves crickets. Leo’s are definitely very very picky and a little unpredictable 😂

[ehmeh]

When you mentioned mixing the bugs together, I thought of leopard geckos in cute lil suits, ties and evening dresses going to a fancy restaurant and order stuff like” cricket stuffed Dubia roach” and “Mealworms in a Superworm sauce, no garlic”

[idvegih]

Goherping be like: none of my animals eat but its all good.

[michaelilustre]

Doesn't have a leopard gecko, still watches the video. "Hmm interesting"

[rosaliaalvarez]

I’m high, have no pets, and have an exam tomorrow, but I love this and all of your animals :) just started watching and I get mesmerized by the knowledge and this amazing animals

[Mandaoof]

a reason my gecko hasn't eaten: he didn't like the bowl I offered it in. The moment I switched bowls he ate the same insects out of it.

[TheSpeep]

I dont even get how you can feed your gecko freeze dried insects, when an insect just sits still for a little too long my gecko just seems to forget she was hunting it a second ago...

[jennali]

Maybe he just wants to help you save 15% or more on car insurance.

[kystersweats]

*when your favorite reptile channel uploads at 1 am*

[thelonelytetra]

In all honesty, I’m having trouble with my leopard gecko eating anything that moves, even things outside his cage

Edit: I’m showing him this video, and he’s very interested with the geckos on screen

[aaronsandman]

8:03 Yep. I once left a few waxworms in my gecko's dish and left a few crickets aswell in his cage. Came back a few minutes later to a cricket eating the waxworms and my gecko just not caring at all.

[marinashatalova]

Wow this video was so helpful, I just adopted a leopard gecko and he is not eating!

[sansfromcoolmathgames]

My leopard gecko was originally owned by some jackasses who abandoned him during their move. Instead of rehoming him, they shoved him in a plastic container and left him to die in the back of a closet. He was in there for weeks until the new family that moved in found him. Poor guy was missing his tail and was extremely malnourished, but he somehow survived. I’ve had him for two years now and he’s doing great. He’s not picky with insects or vitamins and he’s also super friendly despite everything that happened. Sometimes I have him hang out on my desk while I work. He just chills or tries to walk off the desk’s edge. He’s such a stupid idiot. I love him.

[day]

I really don't care about the content of this video. I just love listening to Alex.

[peabutnutter]

0:59 that roach spinning in the back💀 me on a swivel chair

[dajoke]

You forgot to mention about how they may go off feed for the breeding season, both female and male. Breeding season is around january to june/july. They may even go off feed for the entire breeding season.


My boy has currently been off feed since the middle of february. He is constantly looking for a female, looking for a way out. His tail is still fat and his body is at a healthy size.


I always try every other insect just to be sure as well as not dusting the insect to make sure it isn't the supplement.

[celathewhitewolf]

A reason why my gecko isn't eating sometimes is because she is going to lay eggs and in this time she just won't eat, but right after she laid them she is as hungry as ever and she eats just fine so for me there is no reason to worry and if that's the case for your gecko don't panic and just make sure that she can lay her eggs without problems

[RainWave]

It's such a relief to hear that it isn't uncommon for leopard geckos to go weeks or over a month without eating. I get so worried over mine when she doesn't eat for weeks (and she always stops eating in the winter and summer), but her weight hardly changes.

[Tanny.M]

Goldie is so gorgeous, it's like he has crystal eyes that can see right into your soul 🦎