Weird poop

IHaveNoIdea

IHaveNoIdea

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Greetings,

my new little gecko has had a really weird poop today. I saw him "doing it" and he was bouncing his legs, like he couldn't get it out. He pooped out just a thick fluid (the white pee piece looks alright).
He pooped twice so far and those totally normal.
The day I got him he didn't want to eat (which is normal), second day he ate two mealworms. Yesterday he ate 1 cricket, 4 turkestans and 2 mealworms and today he ate 5 roaches and 2 mealworms. I think he would eat more, but I think he doesn't know his limits yet.
Any ideas?
 
IHaveNoIdea

IHaveNoIdea

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Hello
What would upset his tummy though? I'm trying to provide him the best diet I can.. He loves the food and hunts actively.
Temps should be ok too, I'm using a heatmat.
This is how his terrarium looks like. (I'll post the poop in the morning, I don't want to scare him with flashlight).
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IHaveNoIdea

IHaveNoIdea

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So, today Plomo crawled out of his hide totally white, ate to crickets and two worms and rushed to his wet hide. Shedding time. No poop yet.
 
IHaveNoIdea

IHaveNoIdea

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Mrs. Spanky is 200km away. Everything is clean, no loose substrate. I really don't know. He is in his wet hide at the moment. There is about 0,5cm of water and it is really warm, so I guess it can be considered a hot bath. Maybe he will able to pass it soon. I don't know about any vets nearby, but there will be one available at the place I bought him in about 3 weeks.
 
Elizabeth Freer

Elizabeth Freer

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IHaveNoIdea said:
Mrs. Spanky is 200km away. Everything is clean, no loose substrate. I really don't know. He is in his wet hide at the moment. There is about 0,5cm of water and it is really warm, so I guess it can be considered a hot bath. Maybe he will able to pass it soon. I don't know about any vets nearby, but there will be one available at the place I bought him in about 3 weeks.
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Mrs. Spanky is far enough away! :D

Do you think Plomo is constipated? What substrate was he on in the shop?
  • Place 1 or 2 drops of olive oil or canola oil on his snout.
  • Soak him in warm water no warmer than 30*C (86*F). That's a leo's preferred body temperature.
  • Gently massage his belly from throat to vent.
 
IHaveNoIdea

IHaveNoIdea

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As I wrote above, it looks alright now. In the shop he was on wooden chips, I think I actually have a photo somewhere.
And it looks like he has begun to shed. There is a missing piece of skin in the side of his neck.. hope he will make it, the wet hide should be alright. It is just a plastic box, but I made the walls more coarse.
Thanks for the help ;)P_20161015_125253.jpg
 
IHaveNoIdea

IHaveNoIdea

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Alright.

Plomo is shedding at the moment. I see him dragging his belly on the floor, the skin is partly missing. I think I will have to buy him some decent cave so he can rub it off properly.
 
IHaveNoIdea

IHaveNoIdea

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This is really weird.. looks like he goes to poop and pee separately.. :yikes:

There is always a poo with the white stuff and then there is just the white stuff with a bit of a fluid somewhere a bit else.
 
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