Hi Brad, First, how are you keeping this gecko? By itself? Hopefully so. Also, the terrarium should be simple and small, meaning paper towel tubes and tp rolls cut in 1/2 for hiding, and paper towels for substrate.
Second, the food must be matched to the gecko by head size. Food should be about 90% of the size of the gecko's head. For a baby white-lined, Gekko vitattus, you should be feeding two week old crickets. How many food items are you offering at a time? 3-5 crickets at a time until the gecko does eat sounds reasonable. You don't want to overwhelm a hatchling with food, especially in the first 3-4 days or so. Often the first day or two after hatching they are not hungry because they still are digesting nutrients from the egg. So, if you have any of that food left in the terrarium, get it out completely and start feeding 3-5 crickets at a time. If they do not eat those in an hour or so, remove them. Try apricot fruit babyfood, most will take that. Be sure to mist the terrarium a couple times daily. Hatchlings can easily become dehydrated. Let us know how it goes! Regards, Julie Bergman http://www.geckoranch.com GGA lifetime member [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok, Wednesday I hatched my first baby gecko. I cant seem > to get it to eat anything. I have tried Flightless Fruit > Flies, Small cricket, and baby food. The flies it just > ignored, the cricket it ran from, and the baby food well > it say in the baby food. If anyone knows what I could > get my baby gecko to eat I would be very appreciative of > any help even if it does not work. (By the way its a > white-lined gecko) > > Thanks > Brad > > ########################################################################### THE GLOBAL GECKO ASSOCIATION LISTSERV WebSite: www.gekkota.com Archive: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ The GGA takes no responsibility for the contents of these postings. ###########################################################################
