he stopped eating...his tail is really skinny....under his belly right by his lungs i can see a red spot idk what it could be...also he spends lots of time just standing over his water dish (there is fresh water in it)....someone told me to put him in warm water so i did and some poop came out.i also gave him appetite drops..what else should i do?
2007-02-22 05:59:30 · 3 answers · asked by <3 MISS SEPTEMBER <3 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Seeing his organs on his belly is normal.
When you feed him are you gut loading the crickets or dusting them before feeding? What type of substrate are you using? How long have you had him? When you feed him and he doesn't eat do you leave the crickets in there? If so that can stress them out real bad. Also crickets are know for biting and try to eat on geckos. If my guy doesn't eat within a few hours I take them out.
One thing I do is at night I cover his cage with a towel. Geckos can get stressed out real fast.
You can try baby food or get meal worms, waxwroms, superworms and grind them up and get a good paste to feed him. Sometimes it's hard to get the mouth open. So what I do very gently I use a credit card to get his mouth open then put the syringe in. Don't feed him to much at a time.
When you feed him and if he vomits it back up take him to the vet as soon as possible.
2007-02-22 14:45:01 · answer #1 · answered by yelriafs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try offering some baby food chicken flavor put it in a syringe and give that way if his tail is skinny you don't have much time. otherwise get him to a vet
2007-02-22 17:06:10 · answer #2 · answered by cameron b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
okay he might have mights it is really commen in leopard geckos babies just go and get tick & might spray from your local pet store safarigirl96
2007-02-22 17:45:23 · answer #3 · answered by Lindsee E 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋