Crested gecko possible impaction?

Question

I gave him crickets today. his substrate is called "coco soft" he lunged at a cricket and got it "I think anyway" there was a piece of substrate in his mouth I took it out of his mouth before he could swallow it. but he ate a tiny piece " It was only a VERY small piece...less than a centimeter big" could he get impaction?. also, I forgot to dust the crickets with calcium.. is this bad?

Answer 1

almost certainly no. coc bedding / humus/ coir is good because its easily digestable

your cresties gonna be fine

Answer 2

calm down hes fine i would throw out that coco stuff and put eco earth in that is very small pieces of coco fiber that if the swallow any it wont hurt them

Answer 3

This is the very reason that I feed crickets in cups and jars... or feed the gecko in a different container.  Any substrate can cause impaction if it's eaten in a big enough quantity.  I wouldn't risk it anymore... I'd either nix the substrate or get a small jar to put the crickets in within the cage.