Strange creamy white poop and odd behaviour: worried

[Loulou]

Hello!
I am new to the forum and just joined to find out about my leopard Gecko's health.
He just did a weird poop which was totally soft(but shaped like poop should be on delivery) and creamy white, exactly like Nestle sweet condensed milk in colour and texture. The white bit was hard and pure white as normal but with a little tiny weird bit at the end of it. Sorry no pic, I got rid of it.

My leopard Gecko has been acting weird and kind of refusing crickets and only accepting worms(super w) in the last month, also a moderate appetite but still eating.

I put some new calciium + vits powder in his dish and I hope it is what came out as poop but he seemed a bit strange about food lately and not defecated for 1 week, having eaten maybe 1 cricket and 2 or 3 superworms only.

he is adopted from the local Herp association and "clean" and adult size. Acting normal I guess and shedding is discreet but happening regularly although I never see the dead skin.

Shall I be worried?

 

[indyana]

I don't think so from the sound of it. It's difficult to say without a picture, so next time you have a question on something, snap a pic before tossing.

Some things it could be:
- Giant urate (from eating too much vitamin powder... occasionally happens with new things, they want to try a bunch)
- Sperm plugs (males sometimes exude old sperm to clear their ducts)
- Undigested shed? That would be a little more serious.

In the winter, a lot of geckos slow down their eating, and a shed cycle can also interrupt feeding for a week or two. This doesn't sound like anything major, so keep an eye on his next few poops to make sure everything goes back to normal.

 

[Loulou]

I don't think so from the sound of it. It's difficult to say without a picture, so next time you have a question on something, snap a pic before tossing.

Some things it could be:
- Giant urate (from eating too much vitamin powder... occasionally happens with new things, they want to try a bunch)
- Sperm plugs (males sometimes exude old sperm to clear their ducts)
- Undigested shed? That would be a little more serious.

In the winter, a lot of geckos slow down their eating, and a shed cycle can also interrupt feeding for a week or two. This doesn't sound like anything major, so keep an eye on his next few poops to make sure everything goes back to normal.

Thank you very much for your reply. All of them sound possible especially the 1st 2 and I feel less worried. Will keep an eye, which I always do anyway, to make sure everything is ok.

Thanks again!

 

[Tongue Flicker]

It is probably just ureates. As long as your gecko eats normally, is not impacted and is not having diarrhea problems then it shouldn't be muc of an issue

 

[Loulou]

It is probably just ureates. As long as your gecko eats normally, is not impacted and is not having diarrhea problems then it shouldn't be muc of an issue

Didn't look like the ureates I have seen before in the last 2 years of looking after my geckos...hopefully a one off. He just ate 2 superworms but refuses crickets . I keep them in there(3-4 anyway), but sometimes worry they are hurting him somehow and that's the reason he is scared of them.:main_huh:

Anyway, thanks for the replis and if it happens again, I'll make sure to take a pic!

 

[indyana]

Yeah, crickets are evil little buggers and can try to chew on geckos that aren't hungry. If he isn't interested in 10-15 minutes, take them out and try again another day.

 

[ColorfulCreatures]

I've heard really good things about ARMION from Avangel Geckos and it helping with appetite but have yet to try it. Maybe you should try looking into it?