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Bossk appears to be a healthy juvenile of approx. 2-3 mo. The baby banding/patterning usually begins to fade towards the 4 mo. and up mark as his adult coloration begins to take over.

You see Bossk every day, so unfortunately, you're going to have rely on your own observation. From the photos, we would need a before/after to compare, to especially note if his tail was thinning. That's where his fat reserves are, and it's the first place you will notice to start to thin if a problem has begun.

From these photos, he seems to have good body proportion and a good fat reserve in his tail. But, if you feel he's thinning, then now is the time to find the source of the problem and catch/fix it while it's in an early stage.

Watch in particular for normal eating, and unchanged stool. These are also indicators for a health or parasite issue. If either changes, accompanied with weight loss, then a trip to the vet might be in order.

If you don’t already know of a qualified exotics/reptile vet in your area, google: “Herpetological Society” -or-

http://www.herpvetconnection.com/ for the one closest to you.

I hope you are not keeping Bossk on sand or a loose substrate, and that meal worms are not a part of his diet (please read the whole page, and not just look at the pics):

http://hubpages.com/hub/Impaction

If it's a mild case of impaction, you can treat him at home (see link on impaction). But if you don't see improvement in 7-10 days, take him to the vet.

If you have any further Q's on care or housing, you can email me at [email protected] and type LEO JUVENILE on the subject line.

I'll post some links below which you can peek out if you haven't already, but please note my disclaimer.

I hope he's okay, and I hope this has been helpful.

Good luck.

***ADD Your adds weren't here when I submitted my answer. Impaction can also be caused by food of an incorrect size, or an insect with a chitin shell (meal worms). Insects should be no longer than the space between his eyes. Please don't feed him wax worms. If you want to supplement his diet, you can add 1-2 Butter, Phoenix, or Silk worms 2-3 times a week.

A small shallow lid/bowl of calcium with D3 should be provided in the habitat at all times (change wkly. to keep the D3 viable). Once you see him eating the calcium on his own, you can stop dusting with it every other day, and just continue with the reptile vitamins.

I have a good gut loading recipe if you'd like it (email me). Good luck!

he just looks really young to me, and if he eats well dont worry, when he gets older he will fatten up, what are you feeding him how much and how often? i hand feed my leos stuff called can o crickets. they seem to go crazy for them. sometimes if you buy live crickets they are not fed by the seller which in turn your gecko is getting nothing but shell,its not very nutritional, try can o crickets let me know what you think!

He looks to be a juvenile still. If you think he's thin try feeding him some wax worms. Be careful though, if fed too often they will refuse other food.

yeah when their tail is thin (they store fat in their tail) that means they are unhealthy. try gut loading the crickets and giving him vitamins (taht u buy a tthe pet store) and see if u can fatten him up that way. BTW in your gecko's tank, is there sand?!?! if there is GET IT OUT!!!!!!! they'll eat it and they wont digest it and it will clog their intestines and kill them. there are special sands made for leopard geckos that are digestable.