blood and bug parts. HELP

[KaprikaAZ]

About your leo:
- Sex : Male
- Age & Weight : 2 years old and no exact weight but hes fat tailed and a good solid weight
- How long have you owned your leo : like 2-3 weeks
- Where was he/she obtained (ex. Pet store, breeder, wild caught, friend) : from a friend who was a Leo breeder

A) Health/History
- How often do you handle your leo : 30 min every 1-3 days
- Is your leo acting any different today? If so how does he/she normally act which differs from now. : hes new, so i dont know his habits but theyve not been "odd"
- Has he/she had any problems in the past, if so please describe. : perfectly healthy as far as i know
B) Fecals
- Describe (look any different than normal) : the day before yesterday he had a poop that was just a TOUCH redish so i thought it was nothing till it happened again tonight
- When was the last time he/she went : just now
C) Problem
- Please briefly describe the problem and how long it has been going on

hes been normal up till the day before yesterday. he had a normalish poop but a touched of watered down red, i thought odd but decided maybe he just had a bad poop. the next poop was okay. then tonight he had a extremely underdigested poop with much more red and now im worried its something real.

Housing:
A) Enclosure
- Size : reptile rack drawer
- Type (ex. glass tank) : plastic
- Type of substrate : paper towel
- Hides, how many, what kind : one damp hide
B) Heating
- Heat source : flexiwatt tape
- Cage temps (hot side, cool side) 85-72
- Method of regulating heat source : Catalina RF 1000 heating controler
- What are you using to measure your temps : dials
- Do you have any lights (describe) no
C) Cage mates
- How many (males, females): there are 5 other leopard geckos male and female, but they all have their own private drawer
- Describe health, or previous problems : new gecko, has been healthy since i got him

Describe Diet:
A) Typical diet
- What you're feeding (how often, how much) : gave him crickets till swapping to mealworms. the crickets were near their "die date" and there were many starting to die off already
- How are you feeding (hand fed, left in dish, ect) crickets were throw ins, mealies are in a dish
B) Supplements (describe how often) zoo med repti calcium
- What vitamin/minerals are you using (list brands)
- What are you gut loading food with: cricket feed


here is a picture of the bad poop

 

[DrCarrotTail]

Your temps seem a bit low, but they need to be measured with a probe thermometer on the ground or an infrared temp gun. The dials are not very accurate and they usually measure air temp, not surface temp. Temps should be more like 88-92 on the warm side. Lower temps can lead to food being improperly digested but the blood would still worry me. Have you checked him/her over well to make sure there are no external wounds? If there aren't it would scare me enough to get my gecko to the vet. Blood of any kind usually does that to me, especially if it comes from inside where I can't see the wound.

 

[KaprikaAZ]

ive since raised the temps, thanks. and for a few days i was forced to turn off the heattape because i was lacking a temperature controlling device (the rack is a rather new acessory) and i had burnt a tubs bottom out ;n;

but yeah, i sold some of my art and got like $150 for a vet visit im gonna call up and schedual for tommorow...$150 would cover it yeah?

 

[DrCarrotTail]

Depends on what's wrong. If it's something obvious that the vet knows how to fix immediately it will be cheaper than if he needs to do tests to find out the root of the problem.

My vet charges a very high $60 for an office visit but once you're there he includes almost everything he does in the price and I've never had a bill over $125 (that included shots and 2 kinds of eye drops). There are vets out there that nickle and dime you for every procedure (I once had a vet charge me an extra $30 for an "ear exam" on my dog when I assumed looking at his ears was part of a normal checkup!) but in my experience most vets that specialize in exotics don't seem to do this.

 

[KaprikaAZ]

the lady wouldnt give me a actual price (and they dont accept billing either -_-) though she could tell me visit and stool analysis would be $130 minimum >>

 

[KaprikaAZ]

alright, well he is on 2 antibiotics now. (it ended up being a $120 visit. but thats cause i didnt have poo for the $50 fecal exam) and im seeing less in the way of blood
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