Okay, so I have 2 leos, a male and a female, each in their own separate tank. My male is doing wonderfully. He's big and heavy and has a nice fat tail. He's active and friendly, and overall a very happy lizard.
My female on the other hand, not so much. She's underweight (not to the point of danger....yet), with a thin tail and she's much smaller than the male, even though they're roughly the same age. I've had them for about a month now and all she does is hide in one spot. She doesn't eat or come out except to soak up some heat from the night light. She won't even switch to the other hide in her tank. She doesn't seem to be drinking much either, but that could just be me not seeing her.
They're fed mostly on crickets with occasional waxworms. The male isn't picky and will take the food either on his own or from the tweezers. The female won't take them from the tweezers at all and very rarely pays attention to free prey. I just tried to force feed her and even that didn't work. I held her mouth open and put the waxworm in, and she did bite it a few times, but then she just held it in her mouth and eventually dropped it.
PLEASE HELP ME!
Here's some pics. The first one's the healthy male and the second is the underweight female.
My female on the other hand, not so much. She's underweight (not to the point of danger....yet), with a thin tail and she's much smaller than the male, even though they're roughly the same age. I've had them for about a month now and all she does is hide in one spot. She doesn't eat or come out except to soak up some heat from the night light. She won't even switch to the other hide in her tank. She doesn't seem to be drinking much either, but that could just be me not seeing her.
They're fed mostly on crickets with occasional waxworms. The male isn't picky and will take the food either on his own or from the tweezers. The female won't take them from the tweezers at all and very rarely pays attention to free prey. I just tried to force feed her and even that didn't work. I held her mouth open and put the waxworm in, and she did bite it a few times, but then she just held it in her mouth and eventually dropped it.
PLEASE HELP ME!
Here's some pics. The first one's the healthy male and the second is the underweight female.
