#Concerns About Gecko's Health

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wild arrow
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Hey, reaching out again as I'm starting to get concerned about Zesty's health. He is interested in eating again, which is really nice. The issue I am having now is that when he goes to eat a mealworm, he starts twitching (for lack of a better term) and then spits it out. I'm happy that he's trying to eat, I'm just getting concerned that there might be something wrong at this point. I'm thinking he might be getting some of the substrate in his mouth when he goes to eat the worm, but he won't eat anything in either of the little trays that I've tried to feed him in.

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ornate plaza
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i would try putting a piece of slate down and feed him over that

river oriole
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He’s cute

wild arrow
river oriole
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Oh

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I’ve seen other geckos do that

wild arrow
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I'm wondering if my substrate is too dry

round finch
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he's just shaking the worm lol

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you can rehydrate the substrate tho if it seems a little dry

wild arrow
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He just shakes it too much and launches it out of his mouth some times?

round finch
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but that was just him shaking the worm

wild arrow
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Ok, he's done it a few times where he'll shake a couple of times

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Should I moisten the substrate with a spray bottle or a watering can?

round finch
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watering can

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!substrate

pallid sequoiaBOT
round finch
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second graphic

wild arrow
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Okok

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In other words

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Damp, not soaked

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Mine was bone dry

round finch
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yeh you don't want it bone dry :3

wild arrow
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I also need to work on improving humidity

round finch
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having hydrated soil will help that

wild arrow
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Rn I'm between 22-26

rare anchor
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since i dont see them dusted and not in previously sent images either, remember to be dusting every feeding btw. lots of feeders are extremely high in phosphorus which is partially why we dust- so that calcium isnt stolen from the body since phosphorus requires a certain amount of calcium to be properly metabolized
!suppschedule

pallid sequoiaBOT
wild arrow
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He was ignoring dusted feeders before, only eating things that weren't dusted, so I made calcium w/o D3 available for him