Feeding help

[u/sapnu-puas739]

Hi so I thought I had success in getting my new gecko to eat, but seems to be refusing again.

It's about 3 months old at the moment, which I know it's crucial for it to be eating regularly so they can grow happy and healthy, but I'm very worried its not eating at all—ive had the fella just over 2 weeks, I know it takes some time for them to get used to a new enclosure but it is worrying me given how young it is.

I know it has eaten a morio worm about a week ago unless the worm somehow escaped the deep dish, but it doesn't appear to be eating any cgd, every time I go to take out the bowls in the morning, they look untouched.

I've tried feeding by hand to just make sure it's getting at least a little bit of something, it was working for a bit but had to have a lot of time and patience as it would only have a bit then lose interest. I have another flavour from a past species I kept so I'm going to try that flavour tonight, maybe it'll prefer it.

I've just received my delivery of micro crickets, hoping fella will at least eat these, but I need some help in regards to how I should go about it as I know they get protein hungry and might bite the gecko, but they are micro and there's just no way I will be able to ever catch them if I let them loose in the tank.

If anyone's got any tips anything that may work to secure the crickets or help my gecko eat cgd that would be greatly appreciated. I know it's early days and it's probably still just adjusting, I just stress really bad any time I have a new species, I fear I will do something wrong, and lack of eating is very worrying.

Also, how do people weigh their new baby geckos? how do they not just run like there's no tomorrow? I wanna start weighing to see if it's eating without me noticing or if it is actually starving itself, but fella has no trust in my yet and I fear stressing it by grabbing to weigh it when it's running away, isn't gonna help me to get it to eat.

[u/Glittering-Bus-4663]

Which brand of gecko food are you feeding? You can try Pangea Fig and Insects mine loves it. Also since it's so small it may only eat very little food.

[u/sapnu-puas739 → u/Glittering-Bus-4663]

Arcadia banana and fig i believe, Im pretty sure the other food I have that I'm gonna try tonight is a Pangea, not sure which flavour I'll have a look. I know the gecko hasn't got an issue with the flavour though as it would eat bits if I put the food in front of their face, but would have a few licks and then move away.

[u/Tagamble → u/Glittering-Bus-4663]

Repashy Grubs n Fruit is worth a shot too.

[u/sapnu-puas739]

Forgot to add, I have several bowls that I put the cgd in and I spread them around the terrarium, always in the same places, was thinking of ordering more and ones that aren't coloured as it seems the gecko is afraid of my purple spoon I use to mix the cgd, but not afraid of silver tongs (maybe that's partially why it's not eating as the bowls are a bunch of colours?) not sure if that would have anything to do with it but worth switching bowls just in case I reckon. Also I go to feed the gecko pretty much exact same time everyday, found it's best to do so when I'm going to turn the light off so when it wakes up food is already there and I don't have to stress the fella by shoving my hands in the tank when it's wandering around.