Diarrhea! :[

LunaMarcusCarlisle

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We bought a 15gram female leopard gecko at a recent Reptile Expo.
We have her kept separate from our other leopard geckos just in case anything was wrong.

She ate one day, shed the next and hasn't eaten since. She's been laying in her water bowl a lot and we just found diarrhea in her cage. She's extremely skittish but otherwise looks healthy.

We are taking this sample to the vet. What causes diarrhea in Leopard Geckos though? Is she just nervous about her new environmental or is this often a sign of something potentially fatal? :[
 

sausage

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If she was sitting in the water bowl absorbing water that could have given her a runny stool.
It could be the stress from the move and new home, she cold take a few weeks to get back to eating normally. also if she just shed shell be full from eating the skin anyway.

Send the sample off to be tested to make sure there isnt any underlying problems.
makes sure shes got lots of clean water evey day. and keep offering her food, shell take it when she gets hungry enough :)
 

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