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Well, he passed away today.

We found out that he's ill last night, scheduled a vet visit at 6:30 tonight, but he can't even make it through noon today. We took him to the vet anyway, he said it has internal bleeding, probably died from internal parasites that was already present when we got him last August. He also suggests that we deworm all of our geckos every 3 months (with fecal exams). I hope all the others are fine.

This is very scary, cause this one had been very healthy and gaining weight every week this month (59g), then suddenly yesterday, he gave that runny stool (with worms), and then passed away in less than 24 hours! The vet suggested an autopsy, but we refused as we want him to go in peace; anyway, here's a picture of the stool, please let me know if anyone can recognise anything there. Thankyou.

How horrible, I'm very sorry. Your story has made me want to get fecals done on my guys.
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0.1 Hypo Leopard Gecko
0.1 Albino Leopard Gecko
0.1 Blizzard Leopard Gecko
1.0 Albino Pacman Frog
1.0 Lovebird (Tony)
1.0 Elkhound Cross (Otto)
0.1 Malamute Cross (Paris)
6.0 Bettas

If you still can though...I would strongly recommend the autopsy...it could save the lives of your other leos if its something other than just parasites. I know you want to let him rest in peace...but it could help save your other leos lives to know what killed him. Again, I'm sorry for your loss...and I don't mean to disrespect you or hurt you in any way...
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Christina

Leopard Gecko Morph Descriptions

2.3 leos
-0.1 tangerine het rainwater albino w/jungle background (Blinkers)
-0.2 jungles (Vahz & Skissor)
-1.0 tremper albino (Spitfire)
-1.0 tangerine rainwater albino (Bronx)

-ignorance is not to be punished when one is trying to gain knowledge...what scares me is the vast number of people who, when given the information to gain knowledge, choose to ignore it.