{"id":681,"date":"2016-08-01T00:46:08","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T00:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plutonwp.com\/blogger\/?p=127"},"modified":"2021-08-08T07:52:47","modified_gmt":"2021-08-08T07:52:47","slug":"diagnose-leopard-geckos-health-by-its-poop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animal.direct\/blog\/diagnose-leopard-geckos-health-by-its-poop\/","title":{"rendered":"Diagnose Leopard Gecko\u2019s Health by Its Poop"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the main acts of every organism is pooping. It\u2019s a way to remove waste from the body and Leopard Geckos need to poop regularly to remain healthy.
\nChanges in the character of the\u00a0leopard gecko poop<\/a>\u00a0of the pooping habits can indicate some health problems. It\u2019s important to know how a normal poop looks like before you start recognizing unusual waste.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The appearance of a normal leopard gecko poop<\/strong><\/h2>\n

There are three integral parts to a leopard gecko\u2019s poop. First of all, there is a waste part that resembles a sausage-looking roll, uric acid waste drop, and a little liquid pee.
\nThe waste part is solid, dark in color, and well-formed. The urine products are yellow to white. The reason the urates are solid is that the mechanism to preserve water in reptiles is of such nature.<\/p>\n

Does normal poop smell?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Normal gecko poop smells most intensively when it\u2019s fresh. The smell reduces as the waste product dries out. When the reptile eats insects the poop can smell a little bit more than usual.<\/p>\n

Undigested insects in the poop<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Undigested insects in your Leopard Gecko\u2019s poop can mean a few things. It could be that your pet has internal parasites, suffers from impaction or the temperatures in the tank are so low that they make digestion harder.
\nThe tank temperature is something you can easily check and adjust. Once you do that and the problem remains unresolved, the next step is to take a poop sample to the vet for evaluation for internal parasites.
\nIf there are parasites the Gecko needs to be treated accordingly and if not the problem most probably is impaction.<\/p>\n

White poop in Leopard Geckos<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Leopard Geckos can sometimes pass out white poop. In this case, the whole waste product is discolored not only the urates on the side. There can be two reasons for this.
\nEither your pet has eaten his skin after shedding or he ate some of the sand or other substrate in his tank. If you remove the sand and the white poop persists the reason is the ingestion of skin.
\nAfter your Gecko it\u2019s shed skin watch him carefully! The animal shouldn\u2019t regurgitate it. If regurgitation happens that\u2019s probably due to some other digestive issues or overeating.<\/p>\n

Worms in poop<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Even though they are really small, worms can be spotted in Leopard Gecko\u2019s poop. The obvious reason for worms is an internal parasitic infection, but don\u2019t panic just yet.
\nWhen the waste is left on the open for a long time there\u2019s a possibility that the worms are fly maggots so there\u2019s nothing to worry about.<\/p>\n

Leopard Geckos with soft stool<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The first reason for soft stool can be a change of diet (ex switching from crickets to waxworms). This is only a temporary issue and once the lizard gets used to it the poop becomes solid again.
\nAnother reason is weak immunity with a resulting disturbance in gut flora. Crypto, Pinworms, and Entamoeba infections can cause such disturbance. With infections, the Leopard Gecko is progressively losing weight.<\/p>\n

Green Poop<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The poop can become green when the Leopard Gecko ingests substrate, dyed sand, and possibly moss. If it\u2019s green and soft a recently changed diet might be the cause.
\nThe color of the gallbladder juice is also green. When the poop comes out too fast due to digestive issues it becomes green.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the main acts of every organism is pooping. It\u2019s a way to remove waste from the body and Leopard Geckos need to poop regularly to remain healthy. Changes in the character of the\u00a0leopard gecko poop\u00a0of the pooping habits can indicate some health problems. It\u2019s important to know how a normal poop looks like […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animal.direct\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animal.direct\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animal.direct\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animal.direct\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animal.direct\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=681"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/animal.direct\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":963,"href":"https:\/\/animal.direct\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681\/revisions\/963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animal.direct\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animal.direct\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animal.direct\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animal.direct\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}