-Urgent- Need Help

I think my hatchling leo has a gut impaction. What can I do to help it? I know I made a mistake I had it on black sand (may have been calcisand) with my albino leo thats 1 year old. I didn't think it was a problem because my albino had no problem with the calcisand. But I need to know if there is anything I can do because hes starting to get skinny, and the other day he walked out of the hide and started opening his mouth and kinda slinging his head, almost as if he was try to make him self throw up.

First, get all Leos on paper towels, second a Vet trip is in order, and third I have NO clue why Leos do that. I've seen mine do it some times but they are healthy. Anybody know why???

First, get all Leos on paper towels, second a Vet trip is in order, and third I have NO clue why Leos do that. I've seen mine do it some times but they are healthy. Anybody know why???

What makes you think it is impacted? I agree, get that little one off the sand and to a vet. Also, you are lucky it's still with you... adult gecko will eat small babies! Actually, the problem could very well be that the little thing is so stressed from being in with the adult, that it is not eating.

I took him to a vet and he said that its does not have a gut impaction its probably just stressed. He said to move him into his own cage. THe other part of the stress was that I was using a undertank heater and someone went to check on him in teh middle of the night(they thought they were helping) and when they sat the hide back down they sat it on his tail and it burned his tail off. I refuse to use undertank heaters now, my parents insisted i use one but I refuse to use one. My brother lost a gecko because of a undertank heater.

I don't get how that happened?? The heater is supposed to be on the outside of the tank. He lost his tail, ouchy. Poor guy. Just keep him on clean paper towels and put Neosporin without pain reliever on it and it should heal up on its own.

It's already healed up. Ok my friends help me set this up a while back (he had several gecko, and was the only one working at petsmart that knew anything) and he told me to put the heater on the side of the tank. Well my parents said no and told me to put it under it on the outside, but I guess the sand heated up to much and over heated his tail. This guy wasn't to big. Hopefully he starts doing better.

That's why I always use a peice of that carpet over the area where the heater is then newspaper on top. I have heard of burn problems.

OH and I hope you get all your leos off that sand and the little guy will get better once he feels secure.... make sure you give him a nice hide with some moss in it. Also make sure you give him food in proportion with his size. Big crickets hopping around might stress him as well. Try him on some meal worms for awhile.

I got them off sand, he has everything he needs. Including small crickets, and a few mealworms.