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reguratating gecko !

mootish Nov 08, 2007 05:27 PM

i know this seems simalar from the last previous message but its not ?
my 1 year and a half gecko did a shed like she normally does and she eats it like normally.. but the morning after i found it like in a cone shaped form , as only think i could think of is regurated .
can this be normal or is something wrong ?
shes in a 29 gallon with two female geckos has her humid hut 2 hides ( warm and cool ) shes got a water dish and pure calcuim
ive also notice she hasent eaten anything orr shes usually as active as can be and now seems to just stay in her humid hut..
any ideas ?

any info is helpful ? maybe im just freaking out and shes just fine

Replies (3)

sleepygecko Nov 08, 2007 11:37 PM

God, I feel like the grammar police, but your post is completely confusing and I used to think I was pretty good at translating. I think you say she's eating fine, but then you reference her not eating?

I'm not sure if you are a native speaker or not, but please slow down and explain the situation more clearly, because I am completely lost. Thank you.
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mootish Nov 09, 2007 08:22 AM

well excuse me, I was in a hurry ...
and what i ment to say was
I have a 1.5 year old leopard gecko. shes a good eatter i noticed she was going into a shed again ... thought nothin of it misted her humid hut like i alaways do and went off to clean other gecko tanks out. then that evening i noticed some kind of odd shaped white shed like material in the cage only thing i could think of was a regurated shed.
the next day i noticed she wasent eating or being really active for that matter and laying in the humid hut.
my question is this normal sometimes to happen ? or did she throw up her shed for a reason ?..

christina

sleepygecko Nov 10, 2007 05:33 PM

I've never heard of a gecko throwing up a shed. Now, I have seen some leave shed around and not completely eat it, but if it looks somewhat digested...

Well, as you say you breed, I would guess you are monitoring her closely and know she'll probably skip her next meal (or not) after her shed, but if she doesn't eat after that and is still acting listless, check for all the usual suspects: temps, water, stress, illness, parasites, eggs.

Just another thought, what kind of substrate? I wonder if she ingested some/too much substrate with the shed and it didn't agree with her? (I only thought of this because once my girl rolled around in her calcium dish when rubbing her shed... at least I know she got her calcium requirement.)
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