Leopard Gecko Poop Question?

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Melonhelmet

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This is the first time I ever saw Psycho make a poop, and I have a question.

Is the poop sapost to have a little puddle of like water around it? The little puddles must dry up quick because i noticed a wet spot puddle around the poo on the paper towel.... Is this normal?
 
jmhherpetology

jmhherpetology

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yes, the poop should a bit of liquid to it...but not much. Reptiles actually don't have "urine". They produce what is called a "urate". That is the white portion of the poop. A healthy leopard gecko poop should have a brown portion and a white portion. These two portions should be somewhat solid, and yes there will be a bit of liquid around it. As long as the brown and white portions are not runny or really mushy, then there is nothing to worry about. People who keep the geckos on sand don't usually see the watery portion because it quickly disappears into the sand and the everything dries up in the heat. You notice it a lot more on paper substrate or tile.
 
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Melonhelmet

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jmhherpetology said:
yes, the poop should a bit of liquid to it...but not much. Reptiles actually don't have "urine". They produce what is called a "urate". That is the white portion of the poop. A healthy leopard gecko poop should have a brown portion and a white portion. These two portions should be somewhat solid, and yes there will be a bit of liquid around it. As long as the brown and white portions are not runny or really mushy, then there is nothing to worry about. People who keep the geckos on sand don't usually see the watery portion because it quickly disappears into the sand and the everything dries up in the heat. You notice it a lot more on paper substrate or tile.
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Okay, I was a bit worried about the little puddle, the poop is well a poop, mushy but not really mushy, there is a bit of goop attaching the poop to the urate.
 
jmhherpetology

jmhherpetology

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Yes. It depends on several factors: how old they are, how big they are, how much they eat, how often they eat, and what they eat. When I feed mine crickets, there poop is a lot bigger than when I feed mealworms. If you let them free feed on mealworms then their poop will be somewhat smaller than if you feed them once or twice a week. I choose to keep mealworms in the dish all the time so they can eat as they please...unless they start getting too fat.
 
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Melonhelmet

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jmhherpetology said:
Yes. It depends on several factors: how old they are, how big they are, how much they eat, how often they eat, and what they eat. When I feed mine crickets, there poop is a lot bigger than when I feed mealworms. If you let them free feed on mealworms then their poop will be somewhat smaller than if you feed them once or twice a week. I choose to keep mealworms in the dish all the time so they can eat as they please...unless they start getting too fat.
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No matter what I feed she makes a poop about [poop-][ura] The ura is urate thats about the exact size of her poop
 
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terrie

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Hi, I have a tangerine leopard gecko that has only white poop and liquid, is this normal, she is shedding fine, eating fine. and looks fine. Any ideas please.
 
Draga

Draga

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I noticed that my Draga's poop was twice, almost three times its normal size, I have fed her 3 crickets a day for a few days now. Is that too much cricket. I just switched frommealworms to superworms & she wont touch them, just the crickets. Any thoughts?
 
bwoodfield

bwoodfield

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Hey Draga, that's normal. Just means she ate more than before. More in, more out. A leopard gecko won't over eat so as long as she eating the crickets it's all good. Just make sure you don't leave any running around the tank as they can attempt to nibble on her tail and toes which would cause her stress.
 
LeoHeart93

LeoHeart93

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Well, this answers my own question lol my Reptar had smaller brown poop, but more of it. He's been craving mealworms lately. *phew*
 
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Warwick555

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jmhherpetology said:
http://jmhherpetology.weebly.com/uploads/5/4/4/4/544481/choosing_a_healthy_leopard_gecko.pdf

Go to the above website to see a picture of some healthy poop. This is my website. I have some good info on it about leopard geckos.

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Some of that is silly...I bought my Tokay with a crooked tail which tells me it's fallen off before, she's perfectly fine, and it's common for beardies to attack one another and loose limbs. Our petstore tries to sell em anyway instead of discarding and three stubs (I call em because they're missing one or two hands) the last one grew to be huge and healthy...he just had character lol
 
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