Senior Leopard Gecko not eating

[Nicsolo]

Hello, I joined not too long yet I am still a noob.
The leopard gecko I am talking about is 4.5 years old. She was a sub-Adult then. At first, I kept her in a 20 Gal and housed her w/ another Leo (Blazing Blizzard BB) who died of unknown reasons. I then housed her with another BB who was a sub-adult. The 4.5 year old Leo (I assume) accidentally nipped the new addition during feeding time. I assume this was accidental because they had gotten along with each other very well. At the same time, I had two baby Leos that died from parasites (hoping for luck at Petco). I cleaned out the tanks with ammonia, and then bleach. I put the senior Leo into one of the decontaminated 10 Gal tanks since the BB needed to regrow her tail. Since then, she has not eaten willingly in front of me. She regurgitates half the food I give her. She has never shown these symptoms before in all her life. Her tail, which is usually plump, is starting to show excess skin that is sagging. The only food that she does keep down all the time are butterworms and Phoenix Worms. At one point, I thought she was impacted so I gave her mineral oil. A few days later, this 1.5" brown blob with yellow cubicle stuff came out. I was hoping someone could suggest anything for the sake of my old Leo. Will she make it out to live a full life? BTW, I got her from a Petsmart in 2007 and is a normal Leo.

 

[LeopardShade]

I am not a health expert by any means, there are many, many people on here with much, much more knowledge, but I just want to ask one question.

Did you quarantine the second Blazing Blizzard (the sub-adult one you mentioned) before housing her with your normal? Quarantining is a vital, essential step that always should be taken before housing geckos together to prevent the spread of diseases from one to the other. If you did not quarantine the BB before introducing it to the normal, there could be a risk of a possible disease/parasite being passed.

Once again, I'm no expert, but I just thought I'd give my thoughts.

 

[lillith]

Leopard geckos live about 15 years, curious why you think 4.5 is "senior"?
And I concur with LeopardShade, she may have picked something up from the other adult or may have somehow been cross-contaminated through the juvies that died.

 

[LeopardShade]

Whether these symptoms were brought about from the BB or the deceased juveniles, regurgitating food, loss of appetite, and unusual looking feces are symptoms that require veterinary care.

 

[Nicsolo]

I call her a "Senior" leopard I because she is my oldest Leo. Hopefully she lives to her full life potential.



To LeopardShade, my normal Leo had shown no symptoms until she was moved into the tanks. Both BB's had been quarantined for 1.5 months in different tanks. About the unusual looking feces, I gave her a laxative( mineral oil) but yellow cubicle stuff came out. I was wondering they were oocysts eggs.

 

[LeopardShade]

Quarantining is a long process, as you want to be absolutely sure that the gecko is healthy and ready to be placed with another. While an average quarantine period is around 30 days, you ideally want to do so for about 90. Just because she didn't show any symptoms until she moved into the tanks does not mean she didn't possibly acquire these symptoms from the BB. I'm not saying that's exactly what happened (like I said I'm no expert at all), I'm just saying that there is still a possibility.

I still recommend that you take her to the vet and do a fecal exam as well, to check for parasites. If she won't eat insects for you, you could perhaps try the GGG slurry to get her to produce a stool for you to take to the vet.