cougarkeeper0
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I have a few leopard geckos that have not pooped in a several days. Will a warm bath be helpful???
I use newspaper for substrate...
I use newspaper for substrate...
Baths
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cougarkeeper0
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Well I bought them and just got them delivered thursday. some are eating and some aren't even the ones that have eaten are not pooping. it's cold over here, we have a storm, do you think that might be part of it? I was thinking they are hibernating. The room they are in is at a constant 74 degrees and I also have heating for belly heat at one end of their enclosure.
slove1106
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It's about the time that a lot of leos go into a slight brumation... I haven't quite seen one go fully into brumation, just a lot of slowing down on eating and being less active. As a matter of fact, about half my geckos are very inactive now as opposed to how they were a couple months ago. They are still eating, but a lot less than normal. I'm not at all worried though since they aren't losing any weight and are healthy.
My air temps where I live have recently been in the 50/60s in the day and around the 40s at night... as opposed to a 90 high and 60 low during the rest of the year. This is a MAJOR drop for them, so I'm sure it's what it is... I noticed though that in the past two days that I started turning the heater on in my room, they have been a lot more active, and have almost been more active as before when the temps weren't in the 40s at night. (Though here I am nice and toasty in my room then leaving my room to step out in a 40 degree hallway! lol)
You say it's a constant 74 degrees... are you sure it's still that in the middle of the night? Most homes do get colder even with our thermostats set at a certain temp. Geckos can definitely feel the night temp drop and known it's winter.
My air temps where I live have recently been in the 50/60s in the day and around the 40s at night... as opposed to a 90 high and 60 low during the rest of the year. This is a MAJOR drop for them, so I'm sure it's what it is... I noticed though that in the past two days that I started turning the heater on in my room, they have been a lot more active, and have almost been more active as before when the temps weren't in the 40s at night. (Though here I am nice and toasty in my room then leaving my room to step out in a 40 degree hallway! lol)
You say it's a constant 74 degrees... are you sure it's still that in the middle of the night? Most homes do get colder even with our thermostats set at a certain temp. Geckos can definitely feel the night temp drop and known it's winter.
cougarkeeper0
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I did notice that the temperature drops to 69 degrees, give or take 3 degrees at night. And a few of them have not pooped yet. I am getting a little worried now.
cougarkeeper0
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They have been doing fine. Little activity for the most part. A few of them defecated already. The two biggest males are the only ones that haven't defecated although they seem to be a bit more active then the rest. I increased the temperature on their hot spots. I have a few of them that are defecating, but the feces is not completely dry. When it comes in contact with the newspaper, it leaves a water mark. Another gecko's feces comes out dark brown.