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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.
 
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.
 
An under-tank heater shouldn't be able to burn a Leopard Gecko unless it's either faulty or you're not using a thermostat to regulate it. Have you measured the temperature of the cage/substrate floor where the gecko comes in contact with it?
 
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Yeah, I don't have a thermometer. My friend tried to guide me through everything I need, but I guess he missed that.
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Don't forget a thermostat to regulate the temps.
 
Unfortanitly I was right it was a gut compaction, the little guy passed away last night... to tell you guys I have bad luck with pattis. I have had no problem with any other leo, or lizard in fact, but I have had problems with every patti I had.
 
It was a vet my teacher told me to go to, he said he was really good. It was the same one he used when his iguana got "sick". Well I took it, and he said it wasn't, and it turned out it was, so I am never going to him again, and I am never using sand again. And I have never been in to iguana and I was reading about them today, and asked my teacher if the rock in the cage is a heat rock (the one he used) and it was. So what happened to his iguana was, it pretty much got really overheated. Well he went to this vet 2 or 3 times with the rectal problem on his iguana, and the vet said he fixed him, but I am thinking he either didnt know what he was doing or just wanted more money. Because it seems like he would have asked my teacher about the if he had a heat rock, and he would have told him to take it out.
 
How sad, Joshua. I'm sorry you lost your little gecko. Unfortunately, many vets are not familiar with reptiles, but all we can hope for is that more will as reptile pets are becoming more popular. May be you can email me with your zip code and I can help you find a reptile vet in you area?
 
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