I may have an impactation.
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spidergecko
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Unfortunately, home remedies are all the vet will give you as well.
You can try giving the gecko some mineral oil. You can try warm 20 minute baths. You can also try a laxative, such as those used for cats. In all liklihood it isnt an impaction since these are pretty uncommon. What makes you think your gecko has one?
You can try giving the gecko some mineral oil. You can try warm 20 minute baths. You can also try a laxative, such as those used for cats. In all liklihood it isnt an impaction since these are pretty uncommon. What makes you think your gecko has one?
Well she's stopped eating for no reason really. I seperated her (well actually I removed the male since Ididn't want her to stress in a new area). I have tried mineral oil like I did for my Fat Tail that wasn't eating. I also have been doing 20 minute baths.
Basically it looks like she is trying to pass something sometime as well.
I honestly didn't think it could be much else. Maybe I'll know for sure if I get an X-ray done.
Since they are fairly expensive I was just wondering if there was anything I could do. I guess they can't do surgery on something so small?
I don't think it is parasites since there has really been no way she could have picked up a major load.
Basically it looks like she is trying to pass something sometime as well.
I honestly didn't think it could be much else. Maybe I'll know for sure if I get an X-ray done.
Since they are fairly expensive I was just wondering if there was anything I could do. I guess they can't do surgery on something so small?
I don't think it is parasites since there has really been no way she could have picked up a major load.
spidergecko
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There is something you can try to see if it really is an impaction. Pick the gecko up and feel the abdomen for hard masses. Just be careful because if you squeeze too hard you could puncture the intestinal wall and kill the gecko (if it really is an impaction). I am assuming the gecko is on paper towel now and you are monitoring its feces. You might find that the gecko can slowly pass sand out of the gut, little by little. As long as the gecko is warm and receives enough moisture, it should be able to eventually pass it. And since geckos eat sand all the time, even seeing it in the gut doesn't always mean there is an impaction.
Parasites can come from all sorts of strange places. People have speculated that they even get them from crickets. It probably isn't parasites, as you said, but anything is possible.
So I would suggest paper towel isolation, daily doses of electrolytes (salt + apple juice, Gatorade) or just water, warmth, and patience. I think your gecko will slowly drop the sand in its gut. It might take a week or so but you will notice the masses in the gut slowly disappear.
Parasites can come from all sorts of strange places. People have speculated that they even get them from crickets. It probably isn't parasites, as you said, but anything is possible.
So I would suggest paper towel isolation, daily doses of electrolytes (salt + apple juice, Gatorade) or just water, warmth, and patience. I think your gecko will slowly drop the sand in its gut. It might take a week or so but you will notice the masses in the gut slowly disappear.
Thanks. I've been doing some of that. I'm just worried because she's skinny and I don't think Coleonyx mitratus is a faster like Leos or Fat Tails.
The real good news is I caught her looking at a cricket very intently last night like she wanted to eat it. I didn't want to bug her so I didn't get to see if she got it.
The real good news is I caught her looking at a cricket very intently last night like she wanted to eat it. I didn't want to bug her so I didn't get to see if she got it.