My leopard gecko, Neo, has recently been changed to a new substrate. He previously had very fine aquarium sand, and now he is on reptile sand (like beach sand) from the pet store. My brother has been using it with his bearded dragon, Irwin. I changed the sand to this new one (actually, I think it's like playground sand). I also rearranged the cage a bit. His poop has had a lot of sand in it...sometimes the sand from the store is coarse, and sometimes it isn't. This batch seems to be on the coarse side. Anyway, it looks like his poop is almost all sand. It used to just have a normal brownish color with a bit of white aquarium sand. I've fed him crickets about every other day, and he doesn't seem to even hunt sometimes. He just sleeps. I think it's because of the winter mood. He still eats, and looks healthy. But I'm still worried. He'll eat waxworms every once in a while. But still...I've given calcium and herptivite supplements on the crickets. Is he eating sand because:
- it gets on food, or he nabs some when he grabs the prey
- not enough calcium in his diet
- he is drinking from his humidity dish in the pot, with misted moss...I think some sand may get stuck in the dish, and he licks the wet sand for water...
Help! What should I do?! I just put a paper towel on top of the sand, with the pot on top so no sand gets in the dish. Maybe this will solve the problem??
