#Has anyone else seen this?

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heavy ledge
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About a week ago I had an impaction scare with my gecko. I took him to get x-rated with the vet I work with and she is not at all a reptile vet. We asked specialists and they said to soak him in a bath, keep his enclosure more humid and warmer than normal. I’ve been doing that and today was the first day I was going to give him a bath. When I lifted his hide I saw that there was some bowl movement. This to me looked a bit odd since it was wet around it and kind of on the looser side of things. Has anyone seen anything similar?

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dense copper
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nqa i personally havent, but i do want to make a suggestion.

if your substrate is ground walnut shells, I would suggest for you to change it to paper towels

  1. to monitor other bowel movements since this one looks abnormal. the colour and consistency should be much more clear for us to see if its on paper towel next time

  2. because walnut shells are extremely dangerous to use and can cut up your leos digestive tract if it is ingested

heavy ledge
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Oh really it’s dangerous for them? I mean I should have guessed since the pet store said it was ok and we all know they often lie 😂

dawn meadow
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If you don’t have overhead heating then the safe option would be paper towels for substrate just as a heads up. Maybe tile but I don’t know how that works with a heatmat. But otherwise that’s really the only safe substrate in that kind of situation.

Proper loose substrate (70% organic topsoil/30% washed playsand) should only be used with overhead heating.

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If I may ask what is the reasoning you can’t do overhead heating?

heavy ledge
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There are a few reasons why.

  1. I live in a house that is strictly solar power and overhead heating doesn’t play nice with my solar setup

  2. They’re a fire hazard