Regular leopard gecko poop has a larger dark section with a small pure white part at the end. One of the geckos in my enclosure is pooping pure white. Not the chalky white that the urates have, but a sort of translucent light tannish white. There is no dark spot, it's all pure tannish white.
Here are possible factors:
- Both geckos are / have been pregnant this season
- Only one is pooping white
- One of them laid their first clutch already, the other hasn't, and it's been 3-4 weeks.
- The one who hasn't laid has recently been eating a lot more vigorously than the other, when usually it's the other way around.
- They have recently had waxworms bought from the pet store, they're usually fed mealworms.
- The one who hasn't laid has shed in the past few days.
- Both are 49-50 grams, a bit under average but still acceptable.
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I'm pretty sure that the one who is pooping translucently is the one who hasn't laid yet, so I'm (only speculating) thinking that it's either the remnants of her egg that she's absorbed, the waxworms, or the shed. I'm aware that shedding causes a gecko to poop in a whitish color, but not to this extent. There have already been a few of these translucent poops across the course of a few days.
I'm separating the geckos for now, please respond ASAP if you have any idea of what's happening.
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EDIT :
One of the alleged poops, with a conveniently placed regular poop for comparison.
http://i.imgur.com/CtVNp.jpg
Here are possible factors:
- Both geckos are / have been pregnant this season
- Only one is pooping white
- One of them laid their first clutch already, the other hasn't, and it's been 3-4 weeks.
- The one who hasn't laid has recently been eating a lot more vigorously than the other, when usually it's the other way around.
- They have recently had waxworms bought from the pet store, they're usually fed mealworms.
- The one who hasn't laid has shed in the past few days.
- Both are 49-50 grams, a bit under average but still acceptable.
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I'm pretty sure that the one who is pooping translucently is the one who hasn't laid yet, so I'm (only speculating) thinking that it's either the remnants of her egg that she's absorbed, the waxworms, or the shed. I'm aware that shedding causes a gecko to poop in a whitish color, but not to this extent. There have already been a few of these translucent poops across the course of a few days.
I'm separating the geckos for now, please respond ASAP if you have any idea of what's happening.
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EDIT :
One of the alleged poops, with a conveniently placed regular poop for comparison.
http://i.imgur.com/CtVNp.jpg
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