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I am getting paranoid big time. On Monday I am going to take in fecal samples to the vet. All of my leos are about one month old. I'm not sure if I am having these problems because they are babies, because I have been changing their food, or because they are sick... possibly imacted.

Baby #1 (they don't have names yet) everything seemed fine up until last night when she pooped and there was a bit of brown liquid in it, but the rest was solid. She ate 15 mealworms 2 nights ago.

Baby #2 has very potent smelling poop, but they seem fairly soild. She did give out some urate (not sure of the proper term) last night, just a tiny bit of white stuff with no poop. She ate only 7 of 15 mealworms 2 nights ago.

Baby #3 has been fine until yesterday when she only pooped out a large amount of white stuff and a VERY small ammount of poop. She has not pooped yet today, I hoping it is back to normal. She ate 10 of 15 mealworms 2 nights ago.

My temps are good, 90-95 hot side, about 80-85 cool side (should this be cooler?), temp drops about 5 at night. I just started feeding them mealworms, I was feeding crickets, I plan on going back and forth to give them variety. I was feeding them butterworms for a while but they were having problems digesting them. I still have 100 butterworms that I paid $20 for so I'll probably slip one in here and there. I also ordered 50 waxworms, which I plan on giving to them very sparingly and only as treats. I have been giving them as much food as they can eat every night (except last night because they all still had a few mealworms in their dishes). I was lazy last night, I usually always take out their uneaten food. I also dust with the t-rex cricket dust and straight calcium carbonate, alternating everynight. They also all have a dish of pure calcium.

My main question is should I be worried or do babies have more trouble with their stools. My puppies often have problems esspecially when I change their food, are leopard geckos kinda the same?

Thanks for any reply,
Lisa

Btw I said they could be impacted because I did have them on tile with a very small ammount of sand in the cracks. Only for about a week and they are on paper towel now.

Nothing really sounds odd to me. I've had similar poops from my leos over the year I've had them. Personally, I say no worries...
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1.3.0 leos, Yoda, Geo, Tang, Ginger
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0.1.1 frogs Buffy the Cricket Slayer, Butrose Butrose Froggy
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Thank you, that's what I wanted to hear. I have been worring myself sick and the vet is not open weekends. I had a leo for four years who always had perfect poops until he got sick, so this is a new thing for me.

I've had several sick leos, so I too find myself being hypervigilant when it comes to poop. However, I've really noticed that their poop just looks different sometimes. Now I only worry if it's diarrhea, green or extremely potent smelling.
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1.3.0 leos, Yoda, Geo, Tang, Ginger
1.0 Blue Tongue Skink Indigo (Indy)
0.1.1 frogs Buffy the Cricket Slayer, Butrose Butrose Froggy
1.1.4 firebelly newts Wayne Newton, Isaac Newton, Fig Newton, Juice Newton, Olivia Newton John & Helmut Newton
1.1.0 cats Gus & Mena