does my leopard gecko have crypto?

[fab]

hello, i have a leopard gecko. i have owned her for 7 months. lately i have noticed that her poop has some mucous in it. my temps are fine. i feed her crickets and mealworms with the occasional waxworm. she eats realtively well. her tail is still fat and she is at a good weight, (62-ish grams) and is 9 inches. she is on paper towel. yesterday i saw a piece of regurgitated skin, this worries me because it is one of the symptoms of crypto. but she doesnt regurgitate her food. please help i really love my gecko and i hope everything is ok. i will bring her to the vet but a fecal exam for crypto cost 73$.

sincerely,
Fab

 

[Allee Toler]

I wouldn't say it's crypto. I think you're moving a little too quickly to know what it is. She could of simply choked on her shed and puked it up. Keep an eye on her for the next couple weeks and see what happens. If nothing happens, then I wouldn't even worry about it.

 

[lindsaydo]

She sounds quite big! haha. If a fecal exam for parasites is cheaper then I would have that done.

 

[critternerd]

The only thing I would be worried about is the mucus. Maybe your gecko has a cold?

 

[lindsaydo]

I thought the mucus could be caused by parasites. It can depend of diet, I know if my gecko's eat any fruit they have runny poo's, so I only use fruit to make things more palatable for them, like when they are having to be force fed after an operation. But the diet of this gecko seems ok, cricket's, mealworms. Parasites can be contracted from these however, and a fecal exam can be done to determine this. Just get a fresh poo and refrigerate it, and get it checked within 24hours.

 

[fab]

i think i'm going to bring her for a fecal exam because it is 27$ and i fed her today and she ate 5 crickets. as for the poop, should i be worried that it has mucous in it?

 

[lindsaydo]

Well poo's should be solid, brown, with white urates attached. What colour was the mucous? And is there anything else in the diet?
How much water does the gecko drink?

 

[fab]

the poo is solid (like human poo). it is brown with the white urate. and the mucous is clear.

 

[lindsaydo]

Hmmm, I have never experienced anything like that. If you are keeping the gecko on paper towels, use individual sheets, and take the sheet it poop's on, so the mucus is with it, and give it to the vet for a fecal exam.

 

[fab]

but the mucous is attached to the poop. The paper towel i use is relatively dry.

 

[Allee Toler]

The clear-y white-ish mucus is attached to the urate and the feces kind of in the middle. And there's a clear liquid that surrounds it when they pass it.

Sound like what you've seen?

 

[fab]

this morning i found a tiny amount of blood in the stool. :?. is this normal this is the first time i've seen it.

 

[lindsaydo]

Take a picture if you can please

 

[fab]

thats what the poop looks like and i'll be taking a picture the next time she poops and if there is blood. the best way i can descripe the "blood" is little pieces of red in the solid brown part.

 

[lindsaydo]

parasites ? worms ? could they be the cause of blood?

 

[fab]

i doubt its parasites because her activity hasn't changed and she eats and doesn't regurgitate food.

 

[Allee Toler]

I've had a parasite outbreak in my collection and everyone acted perfectly normal. Take the feces when it's fresh and put it in the fridge and take it to the vet. Have him/her do a fecal to see what's up. Blood isn't normal.

 

[fab]

I will make an appointment with my vet and ge a fecal exam. i'll keep you guys posted.

 

[lindsaydo]

Hope everything goes well

 

[fab]

she didn't eat tonight i'll try later but i really think there is something wrong.