[Miz]

Hello all

I am new to Herps, and last summer I got my first reptile: a leopard gecko named Loki.

I do not know if he is male or female, though I am thinking male as he has the two lumps on either side of his vent (but no pores that I can see yet). He is 9 months old, and his appetite and activity level has drastically increased the last few weeks (he gets crickets).

About 20 minutes ago, I saw him wake up in his tank, turn around, lift his tail, and start licking his vent...I went to check on him, and I saw a small drop of cloudy white discharge come out...it dried up pretty fast once it hit the ground...it almost looked gelatinous? It stayed in it's droplet shape. I checked his vent, and it's not inflamed looking or anything....and his stomach is normal and his tail is nice and plump.

Is this normal? To have cloudy white discharge like that??? I have never seen him do that before, and don't know if it could be some type of infection?

His substrate is ceramic tile, and I have moss in his moist hide....

Please let me know. The nearest Herp vet is 1.5 hrs away, but if he needs to get seen I will take him in, thought I'd just ask here first though...

Thanks in advanced for your help! Let me know if you need any other information....I'm worried :-/

[cricket4u]

Hello Miz,

If it's a male it's possible he was removing a sperm plug. They do weird things to their vent sometimes As long as he/she is eating, passing normal looking feces and not losing weight, I don't feel there is a reason to be concerned.

[Eilidh]

Agreed with Cricket4U, the discharge sounds normal.

However, if the discharge becomes larger in quantity, frequently enough that his vent is "wet" or a change in colour/consistancy, phoning your vet and asking what they think would be a good idea.