For the past two days, my leopard gecko has only produced urates, rather than both the urate and the brown feces. Is this something I should be concerned about?
She seems to be acting as she normally does, and I can't spot anything odd about her just by looking.
Does anyone have any idea of why this might happen?
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No feces, only urates in waste?
childofbean
May 16, 2007 04:28 PM
Replies (3)
fattiesnleos
May 16, 2007 05:07 PM
probably just means she is using all her food instead of pooping it out. i say dont worry about it unless she hasnt eaten. no poop is always the same.
childofbean
May 16, 2007 08:43 PM
She just tried to poop in her corner that she always uses, but seemed to have trouble. I got up to wash my hands and when I came back, she had left a huge stool in the middle of her tank, far away from her normal spot, with an itty, bitty urate. I guess it looks like she might have been constipated and she probably had quite the build up of feces in her. Any tips on preventing this?
lecoiskin
May 17, 2007 09:52 AM
Try to give her appropriate sized insects. Some other things that helps is to give her some low chitin (quitine) insects, like roaches, silkworms or crickets. At last watch the temperature cause low temps tend to cause constipation in some cases.
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