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help, i had a leopard gecko that cant digest what he eats, any sugestion? other gecks are doing great only he cant digest his food. when he poops you can see what he eats.

try upping the temps on the UTH...he might now be getting enough heat.

cleo
1:3 leos (Phoenix, Beanie, Pixie, Katrina)
2 eggs cooking

Leopard Geckos are cold-blooded, they require a heat external heat source to warm their bodies. The heat is also important for geckos to digest food.

If you are already giving it heat, trying leaving it on longer.

Few things.

1, make sure he has enough heat. You said the others were doing fine if they are all housed together then I guess you can rule that problem out.

2, There is something like a yought or cream that you can give leopard geckos. (I'm sure humans can eat it and its normally given ones after they have had a stomach infection.) This helps them and provides them with bacteria in their stomachs that will help them digest the food.

3, Not sure but he could have an infection. Again I don't want to get you all worried and thinking the worst but it might be something to think about and a vet checkup could be inorder if he/she starts to loose weight.

I'd keep an eye on her/him. If it starts to loose weight take it to a vets and ask them to have a look they might need a stool sample from the Leo to test it for parasites/infections.

But I'm sure its not something that bad. Can you post alittle more detail, what is he/she passing what is it eatting?

Jil

i had been giving them some mealworms and some crickets. i notices she alerady loss apetite for a while so i had isolated him. i try go give some mealworms he doesnt eat it, when i give some crixs he finaly ate 2. i notice when he poops the crixs are not digested. dont know what went wrong. there is no vet here knows about reptiles(believe me) i'll try to raise some temp and keep you guys updated. thanks