EmChronicle
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Hello everyone. My name is Emily.. I have 2 leopard geckos.
When I bought my second gecko..I thought he was female...so I house both geckos together..
Fortunately, they never fought or had any possible problems until recently when I found out one of the geckos is actually "male".. He started biting my female and doing the "shaky shaky shaky" with his tail to her.
I placed a tall cardboard box to separate them until I could get me another tank for the boy.
I have no idea if they had been mating without me being there.. cause I never caught them mating. In fact the mating behavior is very recent. At first I thought it was just a "small fight" since he is very VERY young to be mature yet.. about "6 months to be exact" so i ignored it, about a week later I saw the mating behavior again and she attacked him, and that's when I separated them.
:?
Now, "of course" they are both separated.
Boy lives in his house.. girl lives in her house. ALELUYA!:yahoo:
They are both now happy obviously and stress-free, eating, and healthy blah blah blah
BUTTT.
Its been about 2 days since I removed him from her tank.
And I noticed that my girl got fatter.
SIDE NOTE: :shock:"also .. the entire time they where both living together the male stopped eating and the girl kept eating until I separated them, he did eat a tiny little bit with her tho. but the female never stopped eating...i later found out my mom had disconnected their heatmat.. I also found out their hides were to little... and also they were stressed from living together":shock:
Anyway.. I noticed my female gecko got fatter and I was worried because she wasnt pooping that much either :sad::sad::sad::sad:
I believe it is impaction.. cause she eats a lot and barely poops now.
She used to be the QUEEN of pooping a while back.. like about a month ago.
Or maybe my mom is cleaning out her poops.. which is really making it more confusing for me.
ANYWHO..I gave her a nice "leopard gecko impaction bath" for the 30 minutes ..etc.
Just to make sure.
But I then noticed something seemed "off". I noticed that as I held her.. her weight was now different.. she had gained a whole lot more weight since the last time I ever held her. :?
(And then I remembered all the mating behavior that had been going on)
And now I think she might be pregnant! :yikes:
I'm super worried
SINCE THIS PREGNANCY ISN'T PLANNED WHATSOEVER.
I'm not 100% sure that she is though.. Like; I don't know for a FACT that she is pregnant.
I watched ALL the youtube videos of how to find the "eggs" on a pregnant leopard gecko's belly. And I checked her over and over and over, and now shes most possibly very stressed :sad:
I'll let you guys know though; I did see her "digging"..
but very long ago.. about 3 weeks or a month ago.
BUT! I am seeing a lot of pieces of their carpet material thrown all around the cage... so MAYBE.. She IS digging but not in plain sight OR when everyone is asleep...
But I still don't know if its from digging or if they accidentally rip it out when the superworms grab onto the carpet to save themselves.
Now another thing; Her belly "feels" kinda hard... But if a leopard gecko is obese wouldn't it be kinda hard too?
And last but not least; she only lays on the warm side or the warm hide...I barely see her on the cold hide anymore..
Regardless.. Im not seeing any "oval shaped eggs" on her belly, Im not finding the "white circles or ovals" on her no matter how much I tried. I shined a flashlight from behind her to find the said "eggs".
I would say it looks alot like in this youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PYHV-R94mQ
But Im still not seeing the "oval outline of the eggs"...
All I CAN tell you is that: she is fatter, shes always warm from being on the warm side all the time, she dont stop eating, her belly feels hard or inflated, there is carpet pieces ripped out...
Now the question is: How do I know for sure if she IS indeed pregnant?
Please reply to my email: (email address removed)
I NEED HELP ASAP
When I bought my second gecko..I thought he was female...so I house both geckos together..
Fortunately, they never fought or had any possible problems until recently when I found out one of the geckos is actually "male".. He started biting my female and doing the "shaky shaky shaky" with his tail to her.
I placed a tall cardboard box to separate them until I could get me another tank for the boy.
I have no idea if they had been mating without me being there.. cause I never caught them mating. In fact the mating behavior is very recent. At first I thought it was just a "small fight" since he is very VERY young to be mature yet.. about "6 months to be exact" so i ignored it, about a week later I saw the mating behavior again and she attacked him, and that's when I separated them.
:?
Now, "of course" they are both separated.
Boy lives in his house.. girl lives in her house. ALELUYA!:yahoo:
They are both now happy obviously and stress-free, eating, and healthy blah blah blah
BUTTT.
Its been about 2 days since I removed him from her tank.
And I noticed that my girl got fatter.
SIDE NOTE: :shock:"also .. the entire time they where both living together the male stopped eating and the girl kept eating until I separated them, he did eat a tiny little bit with her tho. but the female never stopped eating...i later found out my mom had disconnected their heatmat.. I also found out their hides were to little... and also they were stressed from living together":shock:
Anyway.. I noticed my female gecko got fatter and I was worried because she wasnt pooping that much either :sad::sad::sad::sad:
I believe it is impaction.. cause she eats a lot and barely poops now.
She used to be the QUEEN of pooping a while back.. like about a month ago.
Or maybe my mom is cleaning out her poops.. which is really making it more confusing for me.
ANYWHO..I gave her a nice "leopard gecko impaction bath" for the 30 minutes ..etc.
Just to make sure.
But I then noticed something seemed "off". I noticed that as I held her.. her weight was now different.. she had gained a whole lot more weight since the last time I ever held her. :?
(And then I remembered all the mating behavior that had been going on)
And now I think she might be pregnant! :yikes:
I'm super worried
SINCE THIS PREGNANCY ISN'T PLANNED WHATSOEVER.I'm not 100% sure that she is though.. Like; I don't know for a FACT that she is pregnant.
I watched ALL the youtube videos of how to find the "eggs" on a pregnant leopard gecko's belly. And I checked her over and over and over, and now shes most possibly very stressed :sad:
I'll let you guys know though; I did see her "digging"..
but very long ago.. about 3 weeks or a month ago.
BUT! I am seeing a lot of pieces of their carpet material thrown all around the cage... so MAYBE.. She IS digging but not in plain sight OR when everyone is asleep...
But I still don't know if its from digging or if they accidentally rip it out when the superworms grab onto the carpet to save themselves.
Now another thing; Her belly "feels" kinda hard... But if a leopard gecko is obese wouldn't it be kinda hard too?
And last but not least; she only lays on the warm side or the warm hide...I barely see her on the cold hide anymore..
Regardless.. Im not seeing any "oval shaped eggs" on her belly, Im not finding the "white circles or ovals" on her no matter how much I tried. I shined a flashlight from behind her to find the said "eggs".
I would say it looks alot like in this youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PYHV-R94mQ
But Im still not seeing the "oval outline of the eggs"...
All I CAN tell you is that: she is fatter, shes always warm from being on the warm side all the time, she dont stop eating, her belly feels hard or inflated, there is carpet pieces ripped out...
Now the question is: How do I know for sure if she IS indeed pregnant?
Please reply to my email: (email address removed)
I NEED HELP ASAP
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