Possible impaction

[frost1375]

I have attached photos of radiographs I took yesterday of my Leopard Gecko, Gobi who fits all the symptoms of impaction. She is on tile and there is nothing that she could have ingested. The temp dropped in my gecko room and I have read that cooler temps can cause impaction because it slows their digestive system/metabolism. I have been giving her warm soaks, massaging her abdomen, giving her Lactulose, and I have raised the heat, of course. She has an UTH and ceramic bulb above her. I have moved her into the main part of the house where it is warmer. I have also been force feeding her carnivore care and adding Pedialyte to the warm soaks. Her belly is bloated and she does not like when I massage her so I'm assuming she's painful. She has not defecated since I started monitoring her 3 days ago. Judging by this X-ray, does anyone know if she is impacted? I am not a doctor and I'm not sure what a gecko abdomen should look like in an X-ray. If she does not defecate in 2 days, I can bring her to a reptile vet. I just want to know if anyone has advice in the meantime. I'm very worried for her. Thank you in advance for any help I can get!

 

[LepoInc]

Maybe try some sort of liquid laxative? There's something people use for that with reptiles but it's slipping my mind right now.

 

[cowana]

For some reason I can't see the radiographs. Can you PMI them to me?

What do you have in her moist hide? This could be the source of her impaction.

STOPS force feeding her. You are only making the impaction worse. Geckos can go for weeks without eating. There is no need to force her to eat if she was healthy beforehand and this just happened. If she is not drinking you can continue with the pedialyte in on of her soaks or place a few drops of water on her snout. Soak her multiple times daily (4-5) and gently massage her gut as she will allow. Also you can give her a few drops of vegetable oil on her snout to lick off. This will help lubricate the digestive track.

If this doesn't help then she really does need to go see a vet ASAP. Home remedies can only go so far.