Help gecko sick impaction???

[jasonjanderson]

About your leo: - male
4-6 months old
Have had him for 3 weeks
Got him from a breeder

A) Health- I handle him daily.
he pooped for his first time on his own today
B) Fecals - his poop was runny normal size and the color was normal today was the first time he went on his own without a warm bath and massage.
C) Problem - he hasn't eaten with out force feeding he also had not pooped prior to me helping him go. His tummy seems very blue also worried about possible impaction.

Housing:
A) Enclosure
10 gal glass
Paper towel substrate
He has a humid hide on cool side and a dry hide on warm
B) Heating
Uth heating pad
thermostat to regulate heat
Using digital thermometer
C) Cage mates - none

Describe Diet
A) he is offered a crickets mealworms I have tried wax worms just to try to get him to eat. Right now I have been force feeding him turkey baby food
B) Supplements zoo Med repti-calcium dusted on all food and some on side I also use repashy superfoods leopard gecko calcium plus

Any help would be great thank you

 

[lillith]

Stop the turkey baby food.
Stop force feeding him.

What are your temps on each side and in the hides?

It sounds like you may have jumped the gun on force feeding him, which is probably stressing him. Geckos need to be given up to two weeks to settle in and acclimate before they feel comfortable taking up their customary routines of eating, pooping, and being cute.

Give him extra water, offer him dusted 5-7 bugs every other day for the next little while.

Make sure your warm side is in the low-to mid-nineties.

Try to do nothing else with him for another 3 weeks or so.

Just curious, why did you start with turkey baby food, was it someone's advice?

I also just noticed you're bathing and massaging to make him poop?
HANDS OFF! You'd freak out if someone was forcefeeding you and giving you enemas, wouldn't you?

 

[mango+cola]

If you have only had him for three weeks you shouldnt be handling him at all, let alone every day. They need time to settle into their new home, he is probably just very stressed out which is making him not want to eat, and if he doesnt want to eat he wont poop!
Where does everyone get the idea from about turkey baby food? Ive read it a couple of times on here, but geckos are insectivores, they shouldnt be eating turkey or chicken or anything like that.
Just give him crickets or mealworms and let him eat when he wants to, dont force feed him bugs because if you dont know how to do it properly it can go horribly wrong, and you also put unnecessary stress on them...ususally just making the situation worse.
I would not offer him anymore waxworms, they should only be used in an emergency situation where they need to gain weight fast or as a treat, they can be addictive to geckos, so you dont want to have to deal with that.
If you really are worried, the next time he poops take it to the vet for a fecal sample and have it checked to make sure its okay, usually runny poop isnt a good thing, but because your feeding him baby food, that could be the cause.

 

[gecko4245]

If you thought he was impacted the last thing you want to do is feed. Baby food has too much sugar for reptiles and is not good for their tummies. Force feeding alone can stress them out to the point they will never eat again. Never force feed without a vets order. He probably just needs time and to be left alone.

 

[jasonjanderson]

Thank you all for the help he is doing great now eating and pooping a ton thank all of u

 

[lillith]

Very glad to hear it!

Once he's more at home in a few weeks, take some pics so we can see your cutiepie!