Unusual urate

gothra

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Bambi pooped some odd looking stuff tonight; the poo itself looks alright, but the urate looks like its covered with a thin layer of light brownish-red slime (the inside of the urate itself is white though). She has stopped eating for 5 weeks now, still very fat with a big belly (lost 3-4 grams though, now at 80g). I did gave her some worm-mix slurry in between. She is also shedding fine, and not constipated.

She goes through a long period (up to 8 weeks) of fasting every year; so I thought the not eating part is a common pattern for her, I'm not too sure now. Any idea what could be wrong? I'll watch her for the next few days, if anything unusual pops up, I'll take her to a vet right away.

I believe she is ovulating and is reabsorbing the eggs inside her (she never digged in her humid hide with coco fibre medium). Could that be a reason for the odd looking urate?? Thanks.
 

Stitch

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Can you post a pic of the urate?

It may be due to her reabsorbing the eggs, but none of my geckos have ever done that so I am not experienced in that matter. If she is dehydrated the urate liquid will be brown instead of clear. Just make sure that it's not blood in the stool, that would just be a bad sign.
 

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