Salamanko
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Today when i arrived home i discovered something wrong with one of my thick-tailed geckos (Underwoodisaurus milii) poop. The red light bulb was on.
I could see two droppings one was in the hiding place (it was black, appeared hard and hade a white head which i think is latter or something) the other one was at the front of the enclosure. It caught my eye, it was shiny, for a minute i thought it was water but it head the white head (latter). It was poop alright shiny, watery looking, looked like a slug but in pellet form just like previous droppings from my geckos.
Temperatures fine, thermostat turns on heat source when temp gets lower than 25 degrees. I handled one of my geckos yesterday, could that have triggered one of thick-tails to produce slimy poop. I saw one of my thick-tails consume a long piece of sheded skin.
I was apposed to feed both of my thick-tails 4 small crickets each but only found 2 left. I fed one each. I got two boxes of small crickets, one was new (costed money) other was old (free). Parents told me to use up the old one, i fed 3 crickets each. Could that have been a problem with the old crickets, they seemed fine (also i dusted them with calcium powder).
Is my thick tail sick or is that slimy/wet poop just a freshly made one and it hasn't hardened yet?
Please help!
I could see two droppings one was in the hiding place (it was black, appeared hard and hade a white head which i think is latter or something) the other one was at the front of the enclosure. It caught my eye, it was shiny, for a minute i thought it was water but it head the white head (latter). It was poop alright shiny, watery looking, looked like a slug but in pellet form just like previous droppings from my geckos.
Temperatures fine, thermostat turns on heat source when temp gets lower than 25 degrees. I handled one of my geckos yesterday, could that have triggered one of thick-tails to produce slimy poop. I saw one of my thick-tails consume a long piece of sheded skin.
I was apposed to feed both of my thick-tails 4 small crickets each but only found 2 left. I fed one each. I got two boxes of small crickets, one was new (costed money) other was old (free). Parents told me to use up the old one, i fed 3 crickets each. Could that have been a problem with the old crickets, they seemed fine (also i dusted them with calcium powder).
Is my thick tail sick or is that slimy/wet poop just a freshly made one and it hasn't hardened yet?
Please help!
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