Leo poop schedule | Leopard Geckos | Page 1

livid hinge Sep 15, 2024, 8:14 PM

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Hello! So, my 6-7 month old leopard gecko, Zilla, hasn’t pooped in about a week, which is really unusual for her. I started getting worried when she hit the 3-4 day mark, as she usually poops every 3-4 days so it was kind if weird. Shes on loose substrate and has been for a few weeks now, so i dont think thats the problem. Shes been eating, drinking, and very active the past week, im just worried about her not pooping. Ive felt up her belly and it doesn’t feel like shes impacted or anything, and i gave her a warm “bath” (like, toe level) last night to try and help her out but she still didnt poop. Im going to give her another warm bath and feel up her belly again tonight but im still worried. Shes been spending a lot of time in her humid hide as well, which is in the middle of her enclosure.

Temps:
Hot air side: 90°F
Hot side basking rock: 95-100°F
Cool air side: 79-80°F

Substrate:
Organic topsoil (no chemicals) with reptisoil (HELP ITS NOT ECOEARTH I AM STUPID), spagnhum moss, and leaf litter mixed in. (Yes i need to add sand i know im getting to it soon)

Feeding/drinking:
-Fresh filtered or bottled water. Replaced weekly
-5-7 medium mealworms dusted with calcium, cal+d3, and vitamin or 5-7 medium dubia roaches every other day
-pure calcium dish in her enclosure

carmine topaz Sep 15, 2024, 9:50 PM

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so just as a little tidbit.

Constipation and impaction are two different things, impaction you can only figure out by X-Ray

1 week isn't super concerning to not see a shit but you can try either a hornworm or a drop of olive oil on the nose for her to lick off to my knowledge to try to help pass a shit!

livid hinge Sep 15, 2024, 10:29 PM

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carmine topaz so just as a little tidbit. Constipation and impaction are two different thing...

thank you peachy :) ill try the oil thing (i dont have hornworms)

livid hinge Sep 17, 2024, 1:31 AM

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So haha update um false alarm. She was just waiting to take her shit all over my new sweatshirt 😍

carmine topaz Sep 17, 2024, 1:33 AM

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Your gecko

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Really doesn’t like being handled

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The fact she shits on you each time you handle her

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That just. Yeh that’s a sign she’s not vibing with it Wyatt

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😭

livid hinge Sep 17, 2024, 1:42 AM

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this is the first time in a while that shes done it 😭😭 she gets all comfy and cozy then she drops a shit and goes back to splooting on me

carmine topaz Sep 17, 2024, 1:42 AM

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that's not a normal behavior / it's literally described as a defense mechanism 😭 💔

a gecko shouldn't be shitting outside the tank like that

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