baby crestie possible impaction advice

[gobithecrestie]

i got my baby/juvenile crested gecko (Gobi) two weeks ago. He's overall been really good so far, he's shed once, really loves crickets, and already loves being handled. He only eats pangea when i spoon feed him but is good about it otherwise. A couple days ago, when he was catching a cricket, he ingested some coco fiber substrate. I immediately started researching impaction and have took some steps to deal with is. I havent fed him any crickets since and have been checking to see if he has pooped. He has not pooped yet but seems happy and healthy, his demeanor has not changed and he'll eat some pangea if i give him some while im handling him. He does not look bloated at all either and there are no black/blue spots on his sides. he does have a blackish/light brown mark on his belly, but i think its just part of his pattern as there are marks like that in other parts of his underside too, he's had said marks since i got him. Should I be worried? What should I do?

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Hi gobithecrestie ~
Welcome to Geckos Unlimited!

Keep Gobi as hydrated as possible with extra misting & a water dish 24/7. I recommend withholding crickets & maybe even Pangea until he poops.

Do you mostly feed Gobi crickets? How about placing those crickets in some tall sturdy clear container? When crickets roam around Gobi's enclosure, it's very easy for their supplement powder to fall off. It's important to regularly dust those crickets with powdered supplements containing multivitamins &/or vitamin D3 on a weekly basis.

What are you feeding these crickets prior to feeding them to Gobi?

 

[gobithecrestie]

Hi gobithecrestie ~
Welcome to Geckos Unlimited!

Keep Gobi as hydrated as possible with extra misting & a water dish 24/7. I recommend withholding crickets & maybe even Pangea until he poops.

Do you mostly feed Gobi crickets? How about placing those crickets in some tall sturdy clear container? When crickets roam around Gobi's enclosure, it's very easy for their supplement powder to fall off. It's important to regularly dust those crickets with powdered supplements containing multivitamins &/or vitamin D3 on a weekly basis.

What are you feeding these crickets prior to feeding them to Gobi?

He doesn’t like going in his water dish, should I put a little water in the travel container I have for him and put him in there to hydrate?

I feed him Pangea and crickets but he mostly eats crickets, he only really eats the Pangea if I put it right in front of his face, otherwise he wants nothing to do with it. I do plan on feeding him live food in the travel container from now on, I was waiting to do so until he settled in and would let me handle him. I feed the crickets whatever generic food they have for them at petsmart.

Thank you for the advice!

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

You're welcome.

I think Gobi will do best in the enclosure he's familiar with for feeding & all. See whether he'll adapt to eating in his travel container. Mostly I was thinking of Gobi drinking from his water dish when thirsty or lapping misted water off sides of a glass enclosure.

Are you offering Pangea in a dish above ground? I place my 18 yo male crestie's Pangea food dish on top of a 4 inch diameter X 4 inch tall plastic green flower pot filled with stones. Any size elevation should work. I use Pangea's Insect formula.

Please share the brand name of the cricket Petsmart diet you use. All foods differ in ingredients.

Since Gobi eats mostly crickets, it's vital that those crickets be dusted with powdered supplements on a regular basis. How often depends upon which brand & which exact supplements you use. I recommend Zoo Med's supplements. Unless Gobi's crickets are dusted with supplements Gobi could easily get a progressive disease called MBD. However, don't dust crickets at every feeding!

 

[gobithecrestie]

You're welcome.

I think Gobi will do best in the enclosure he's familiar with for feeding & all. See whether he'll adapt to eating in his travel container. Mostly I was thinking of Gobi drinking from his water dish when thirsty or lapping misted water off sides of a glass enclosure.

Are you offering Pangea in a dish above ground? I place my 18 yo male crestie's Pangea food dish on top of a 4 inch diameter X 4 inch tall plastic green flower pot filled with stones. Any size elevation should work. I use Pangea's Insect formula.

Please share the brand name of the cricket Petsmart diet you use. All foods differ in ingredients.

Since Gobi eats mostly crickets, it's vital that those crickets be dusted with powdered supplements on a regular basis. How often depends upon which brand & which exact supplements you use. I recommend Zoo Med's supplements. Unless Gobi's crickets are dusted with supplements Gobi could easily get a progressive disease called MBD. However, don't dust crickets at every feeding!

Yes, the Pangea is above ground, I’ve placed it in different high places in his enclosure. I use the watermelon Pangea but am ordering the fig insect formula, I’m hoping since it has insects in it he’ll like it better. I use the flukers cricket food and the zoo med calcium with d3

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

"I use the flukers cricket food and the zoo med calcium with d3"
Good with flukers cricket food! I 'heard' Flukers had improved the current formula of their cricket diet. Not certain about that or when. Flukers = 1-800-735-8537

How often are you dusting crickets with Zoo Med Calcium with D3? All crickets at one feeding per week, just a few crickets per feeding per week, every feeding per week? I also suggest dusting ALL crickets @ 1 feeding per month with Zoo Med's Reptivite multivitamns withOUT D3 too. Reptivite multivitamins contain vitamin A acetate (retinol). Retinol promotes healthy eyes & skin.

 

[gobithecrestie]

"I use the flukers cricket food and the zoo med calcium with d3"
Good with flukers cricket food! I 'heard' Flukers had improved the current formula of their cricket diet. Not certain about that or when. Flukers = 1-800-735-8537

How often are you dusting crickets with Zoo Med Calcium with D3? All crickets at one feeding per week, just a few crickets per feeding per week, every feeding per week? I also suggest dusting ALL crickets @ 1 feeding per month with Zoo Med's Reptivite multivitamns withOUT D3 too. Reptivite multivitamins contain vitamin A acetate (retinol). Retinol promotes healthy eyes & skin.

I've been dusting them every other feeding, and okay will do! He still hasn't pooped, but again he still looks fine and is acting normal. Still holding off feeding him until he does so.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Hello Gobi ~
Here's the powdered supplement schedule I recommend for your crestie Gobi:
Zoo Med's Repti Calcium with D3: at 1 feeding per week dusted on ALL crickets/feeders at that feeding
Zoo Med's Reptivite multivitamins withOUT D3: at 1 feeding per month dusted on ALL crickets/feeders at that feeding