My leopard gecko won't p**p! Is something wrong?

Question

I recently resuced a leopard gecko. He is a juvinile gecko and when I got him he ate two crickets the night of. He seems active and happy other than being a little underweight. However after eating two crikets I would assume he would have waste in his cage the next morning, but he didn't.

I have never had a gecko before but I researched a lot before getting him. I think I'm doing everything right.

-Shredded newspaper bedding

-120v heat lamp that produces no light

-fresh water daily

-calcium and multivitamin powder free choice plus dusted on his food.

What is going on?

P.s. He is going on 24 hrs of not producing waste

Thanks!

Answer 1

I think 24 hours is not nearly long enough to worry.  Consider that since he is underweight, his body is probably utilizing more of what he is eating - less goes to waste.  Wait a few more days, and if he still has not had a bowel movement, you can put him in a shallow pool of warm water.  With most reptiles (and other animals for that mater) it will stimulate them to eliminate.  Good luck!

Answer 2

Ok what you need to do is scare the **** out of him....

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Answer 3

no no one time same thing happened to me next day it just lay there...... i think he was sleeping.... would a dead gecko sleep????

Answer 4

Woah - shredded newspaper???  That is a horrible substrate!  Just use folded up newspaper - or paper towels are even better.

I have three leos and they don't p**p daily.  They always go in the same area of the habitat, which is nice.  I put down extra folded paper towels in their favored corner.

If yours is on shredded newspaper, it probably doesn't *want* to go on that.  Ceramic tiles over the under-tank heater work well also.

You don't have an *undertank* heater.  You really need one.  Also, they don't need a basking heat light.  Yours is probably way, way too hot.

Does he have plenty of hides?...one being moist?

Don't give him "wild" bugs - just crickets, wax worms, meal worms, and superworms.

Answer 5

is he eating