Throwing up and strange feces?? HELP PLEASE

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AnAndalusianDog

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My gecko has been on a new antibiotic and eye ointment for an eye infection for 7 days now. I have had to force feed her a powder nutrient supplement since she will not eat on her own. I'm not sure how long I have been feeding her. Yesterday she threw it up, the day AFTER I fed her (I feed her every other day.) I tried not to worry too much about it, since I fed her a little more than I usually did. Today, she pooped out an approximately 2.5 inch long stool. It was wet, and appeared to be made up of skin and pieces of moss from her humid hide.

What does this mean??

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T-ReXx

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Have you had fecal tests done? I'm not trying to jump to conclusions, but regurgitated shed bundles and general lack of appetite could mean cryptosporidium.
 
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Well actually she threw up the food, which didn't appear to have anything other than a little piece of moss. The shed was in her stool, and I've never seen that before and since she's sick already, it worried me. She hasn't thrown up again and she hasn't pooped again in the last two days so I don't have anything to compare. Is it possible for a gecko to get cryptosporidium if they aren't around other geckos? My gecko is 10 years old, eleven this new years, and she has never come in contact with another gecko.
 
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I've taken her to the vet 4 times in the last month and a half. She knows absolutely nothing, so I ask questions on this forum to try and make up for her stupidity.
 
robin

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why are you only feeding her every other day? and what exactly are you feeding her and how much?
 
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AnAndalusianDog

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She has contacted all the vets around the area to see if anyone knows whats going on. So far none of them do, including the vets who regularly treat reptiles is what she's told me.
 
mindgamer8907

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If possible, actually take her to one of those other vets (the reptile specialists) even though your vet says it seems a mystery to them, a secondary source (through a second vet's interpretation) can often lead vets to be stumped. Happens with doctors as well as vets. Also, if someone else can agree confirm this that would be ideal, but moss is a poor material for wet hides, especially if it shows up in regurgitation.
 
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geckofan2009 said:
i dont see the issue. they tend to each every other day in most situations no?

i just leave a dish of food to be safe.
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She is probably impacted with moss but it would be nice to know what and how much because maybe the leo is eating the wrong thing too much at a time and that could lead to throw up.
 
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