Leo Refusing Food

Hi all,

Anyone else have this experience before? ~3 year old female leopard gecko, always been by herself (no other geckos in house).

Refusing food for...months now. Losing small amounts of weight, and has taken the odd worm (amidst cheers of elation). Husbandry is checked/rechecked, and then checked a million more times. Tweaked, etc.

Alert, friendly, doesn't mind being handled, still responds to our voice/comes up to us when we open her cage, and defecates fine when she decides to eat.

She was pretty fat before she stopped eating...think pregnant J Simpson. Started to get fat pockets under arms/waddle, so we gradually cut down and she evened out, and then a few months later just decided that EVERYTHING was no longer interesting to eat.

Taken her to vet, and they have no idea as she "seems fine" and isn't losing enough weight fast enough to be worried. We moved her to another larger tank last week, and she loves to explore, and uses both huts (warm and cool) as she needs.

I'm lost. Baffled. Frustrated. Mostly terrified that she's just going to be dead one morning when I check on her.

Any ideas anyone? Is this even remotely normal?

how many months? she may be going through some sort of a false pregnancy causing her to refuse food. Some reptiles who build up enough fat and nutrients can go into a false pregnancy (though i dont know if leo's are specific to this). Either that or it might be parasite related, cryptosporidia is becoming more and more prevelant. I would seek a second opinion if i were you, the first vet didnt sound very confident in their diagnosis.

I've had leopard geckos 'fast' on me before. Once they reach adulthood they generally don't need to eat very much unless they're breeding. I have a female that only eats 1-2 roaches a week despite being offered many more and she's perfectly healthy. Even laid eggs for me this year, which hatched out fine. As long as the gecko seems healthy I wouldn't worry about her. Keep monitoring her like you've been doing and take her to the vet if her condition deteriorates, but I doubt it will. I think you're fine!