My adult male E. agricolae, Beau, has been kept on eco earth since I moved him into his adult enclosure in June. Today, he was on the floor of it (not unusual for him), but he had licked up some eco earth and ingested it. This is the first time I've seen him do this, but maybe not the first time it's been done. Do you suggest I change his substrate to paper towel for the time being? I plan on doing that and/or moving him to a temporary enclosure until he defecates his poor meal choices. Help is appreciated!
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Ingesting a little bit of substrate isn't really a huge issue... remember that there aren't paper towels in the wild! I'd recommend switching over to repti-bark or orchid bark instead of Eco Earth, as that will lessen the chances of the gecko accidentally ingesting any substrate while feeding.
I have heard that geckos will consume Eco Earth if they are lacking some vitamin/mineral in their diet, might I ask what you are feeding?
I have heard that geckos will consume Eco Earth if they are lacking some vitamin/mineral in their diet, might I ask what you are feeding?
I'm feeding Pangea with Insects as well as small, dusted crickets or roaches once/twice a week. I'll also occasionally give him Watermelon Pangea as he seems to like it. I've been keeping an eye on him since this was posted and he's still acting as normal, and may have even passed it already (small poops are kinda hard to see).