food change cause runny poo?

BrightReptiles

Badhabits727
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Seminole, FL
My Leo has decided to haunt me with a case of the runs the past two days. Only thing that has changed is his food, where he was used to crickets, then switched to phoenix worms for a week, then to giant mealworms for a week. It's not totally runny, but is much wetter and mushier than normal, with a little puddle and less urate than normal. He's always been super healthy.

2ish years old
65 grams
In a 40 long with 3 females
Tile for substrate.
96 on warm side, 79 on cold
See above for food choice.
 

Dog Shrink

Lost in the Lizard World
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NW PA.
The change in diet could affect your leo's poo. Sudden food changes could be upsetting his GI. I would feed 1 familliar feeder and 1 new feeder at a time that way you're not shocking his system so dramatically, then gradually after about a month of rotating new feeders in with familliar ones you shouldn't see any more GI upset. Use a feeder with a higher fiber content such as super worms or meal worms to help stabilize the GI.
 

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