[Tori]

I kept Dekays for a couple of years. I never had any trouble getting them to eat if they weren't newborn. They even got very friendly and crawled all over me at feeding time looking for the food. I would like to mention that the females are larger than the males and considering the time of year the one you found may be gravid. I stopped keeping Dekays because I could not get the babies to eat and had to release them. I wouldn't go through that again.