Impaction

[Ruby]

Does impaction in leopard geckos occur in the wild? Why is it they get impacted in captivity? They live on sand naturally, right?

 

[Caleb C]

I think that they live on a variety of different things, i've heard of both sand and hard baked earth. I guess it's really hard to find out unless someone actually goes to look for them in the wild. With most reptiles, locals catch them, ship them over, and the distributors/vendors here get them.

 

[Ruby]

Hopefully breeding can change that.

 

[Rylee]

In the wild they generally live on hard clay and pebble\rock. And also most sand in captivity is calcium sand, it makes the geckos want to eat it.

 

[Caleb C]

Thing with leopard geckos are that they're rarely shipped over anymore, making the wild types much more expensive.
The wild types aren't inbred, and living in their natural environment keeps them as they were hundreds of years ago, but keeping them in captivity has made them much more docile im guessing, and also weaker. I've heard that the wild ones are much more muscular and alert.