Blue Belly

[mcvancleave]

I have a small hatchling about 2 weeks old. I am noticing the belly on the right side (looking Down) is blue. You can also see some blue from the top as welll. He/she acts fine healthy rins around. I did feed 2 small meal worms today and he sucked them down. Am i seeing this or is the baby compacted or even normal.

 

[malt_geckos]

is it on sand? what are the temps? The blue spot is usually an indication of impaction.

 

[mcvancleave]

sand is a no. temp is about 86 - 88

 

[skyline]

It could just be his golbladder you can see it in baby geckos my baby has a blue spot two. How big is it?

 

[mcvancleave]

do not have a ruler on me so i will use a general size of a pencil eraser

 

[mcvancleave]

The blue spot is usually an indication of impaction.

if this is impaction what can i do.

 

[Gecko Ranch]

Can someone post up a pic of the underside of a two week old hatchling? Sometimes folks look under their gecko and since they are not used to looking at what is under there, they start freaking. I suspect that may be what is going on here.

If you have this gecko on anything digestible like sand, rocks or bark, then you may have an actual issue. It is convenient for most folks to keep young on paper towels.

 

[mcvancleave]

i will get one tomarrow camera cable seems to be missing

 

[skyline]

If it is as small as a pencil eraser it should just be his/her golblader.

 

[david13]

this cam up before and i think everyone decided it was a golbladder

 

[mcvancleave]

cool was wondering was my first hatchling and you know the rest hate to loosr him/her

 

[david13]

ya

 

[Gecko Ranch]

I had one more thought on this, it is not a good idea to be handling a hatchling as it upsets them greatly, much less turning them upside down to check out their bellies!

Did the second hatchling hatch?

 

[Stevie]

I think it's the liver, the gallbladder is much smaller than the 'stain' you see...The liver is on of the biggest organs and contains lots of blood (hence the blue color).

Greets,

Stevie