I got my son a baby gecko a few wks ago, but it still doesn't seem to eating very well. I fed it wax worms the first few days it came because I couldn't find mealworms anywhere. (I feed mealworms to my hedgies too, so never considered I'd have trouble getting them or I'd have made sure I had them before order it) A couple of them did disappear so I'm pretty sure it did eat them. Then I started feeding mealworms on the 5th day I got the gecko and I thought it was eating them, a few were disappearing, but now for probably 4-5 days, I haven't seen any disappearing. (I count them when I feed it and I do replace them every few days w/ fresh ones (they are always alive, but just thought maybe fresh would be more appealling) but they are disappearing.) 
I also got a few dubia roaches and have tried 4 of them (2-2 different times) but they are always still in the dish too. I use a small crock dish for its food dish and thought maybe it was too small or dark, so I tried a more shallow open dish, but they (the food) are just escaping the dish. So I'm going to try a different crock tonight that is more open, but has a bit higher sides then the dish I bought last weekend and see if that works. He does have a capful of calcuim to eat at will and a crock w/ water in it too. He has a tupperware container w/ moss moistened it in over his under the tank heater. (His heater covers about 1/3 of his cage) He has 1 tall "mountain" hidie over his heat side (which is where he normally hides) and one a magnet rock that is on his cooler side. Is the cooler side just suppose to be room temperature?? I had read that heat lights aren't good because its not good for their eyes, is that true?? Is the under tank heat enough?? I don't think it feels all that warm, but maybe I just don't know?? The room temp is about 75 degrees because that is what we keep it at for the hedgies as well. Any suggestions???
Jessie
I also got a few dubia roaches and have tried 4 of them (2-2 different times) but they are always still in the dish too. I use a small crock dish for its food dish and thought maybe it was too small or dark, so I tried a more shallow open dish, but they (the food) are just escaping the dish. So I'm going to try a different crock tonight that is more open, but has a bit higher sides then the dish I bought last weekend and see if that works. He does have a capful of calcuim to eat at will and a crock w/ water in it too. He has a tupperware container w/ moss moistened it in over his under the tank heater. (His heater covers about 1/3 of his cage) He has 1 tall "mountain" hidie over his heat side (which is where he normally hides) and one a magnet rock that is on his cooler side. Is the cooler side just suppose to be room temperature?? I had read that heat lights aren't good because its not good for their eyes, is that true?? Is the under tank heat enough?? I don't think it feels all that warm, but maybe I just don't know?? The room temp is about 75 degrees because that is what we keep it at for the hedgies as well. Any suggestions???Jessie
