Throwing Up?

[L-G-C]

So my one female has an issue that she has had for a while. If I feed her what I feed my other geckos she throws the food up sometimes. It happens about once a week. If I feed her less she won't throw up. Has anyone else seen this in their leos? She has done it since I got her from the pet store. She is very active and a friendly gecko, this is the only thing that seems to be wrong. She is at a healthy weight. Should I worry?

 

[acpart]

Sometimes a gecko eats too much and it makes them throw up. Usually they learn pretty quickly not to do that, but apparantly yours has not yet learned. At least it's not as gross as human vomit.

ALiza

 

[L-G-C]

Sometimes a gecko eats too much and it makes them throw up. Usually they learn pretty quickly not to do that, but apparantly yours has not yet learned. At least it's not as gross as human vomit.

ALiza

Thats true, she has been doing it for over a year. Now I just dont feed her as much so she cant overeat. At least its not nothing to seriuos, right? She does still get a decent amount of food.

 

[Saphira]

does she do it no matter what you feed her? have you varied the diet?

 

[L-G-C]

If she gets to much of anything she'll throw up. She throws up pinkies(even the smallest), mealworms if I feed to much, and supers. (and cickets when I use to feed them crickets) I would try dubias but my mom wont allow it.

I usually feed supers, and almost never pinkies although I have stopped giving them to her. Mealworms are once in a while to help give a different taste.

 

[Enigmatic_Reptiles]

Well throwing up can be over eating...but also can be too low of temps preventing proper digestion so she regurgitates in order to allow proper digestion of what is left. I wouldn't think sick if she has been doing it for that long and she is growing and developing fine. So ya she may just be a piggie and not know when to quit or she needs some more heat.

 

[L-G-C]

Well throwing up can be over eating...but also can be too low of temps preventing proper digestion so she regurgitates in order to allow proper digestion of what is left. I wouldn't think sick if she has been doing it for that long and she is growing and developing fine. So ya she may just be a piggie and not know when to quit or she needs some more heat.

Well I have a UTH and the floor goes 94-98 so I think that temp is good.

 

[mmyers80]

Can extreme high temperatures cause vomiting as well?

One of my babies threw up today, three big meal worms. They don't even look like they began to digest. It's the first time, but the weather here has been ridiculously high.

 

[fuzzylogix]

my blizzard males have a bad habit grabbing 2 or sometimes even 3 supers at a time and would overeat very easily if i let them. they regurge at least once or twice a week, and its only the male blizzards that seem to have this problem. i only feed them 3-5 supers every other day, but i think it actually has to do with them eating too fast in their case. if i feed them the same amount one by one, they have no issues

 

[thegeckoguy23]

Sometimes a gecko eats too much and it makes them throw up. Usually they learn pretty quickly not to do that, but apparantly yours has not yet learned. At least it's not as gross as human vomit.

ALiza

Ya but it smells worse when mine do.