Hey!
background: So i have a leopard gecko about ~10 months old. He has a history of strange poops. Ever since we got him (at about 4 months), he sometimes has pretty liquidy poops (like almost all liquid with a urate thrown in there). I was at first concerned, however I was told to watch his behavior. We obtained 3 geckos at the same time (all housed seperately) and this gecko has become by far the biggest (huge healthy tail), social, and eats/ sheds regularly. We started to worry less because everyone said if he was losing weight or had sunken eyes - then you start to worry (and he just keeps getting bigger!). He started to become a little more withdrawn with more watery poops recently but he had not lost any weight and has actually kept growing/ eating. However recently he went back to normal and pooping a solid poops! I think things are back to normal.
My question: I’ve been realizing the urates seem HUGE. i’m talking over half the size of these huge poops. It is also a little yellow. We joke that he does drink a ton of water (like almost 3 minutes straight of drinking) and always runs out of his hide when we put new water out every night. I know it makes sense that more water = larger urate. But i just wanted to know if this was okay? I know it’s not exactly “normal” but i just wonder if this a normal variation. He’s super friendly, eats a lot, sheds normal, and is our biggest gecko. I just want to make sure I’m doing everything right by my little guy. All advice welcome!
background: So i have a leopard gecko about ~10 months old. He has a history of strange poops. Ever since we got him (at about 4 months), he sometimes has pretty liquidy poops (like almost all liquid with a urate thrown in there). I was at first concerned, however I was told to watch his behavior. We obtained 3 geckos at the same time (all housed seperately) and this gecko has become by far the biggest (huge healthy tail), social, and eats/ sheds regularly. We started to worry less because everyone said if he was losing weight or had sunken eyes - then you start to worry (and he just keeps getting bigger!). He started to become a little more withdrawn with more watery poops recently but he had not lost any weight and has actually kept growing/ eating. However recently he went back to normal and pooping a solid poops! I think things are back to normal.
My question: I’ve been realizing the urates seem HUGE. i’m talking over half the size of these huge poops. It is also a little yellow. We joke that he does drink a ton of water (like almost 3 minutes straight of drinking) and always runs out of his hide when we put new water out every night. I know it makes sense that more water = larger urate. But i just wanted to know if this was okay? I know it’s not exactly “normal” but i just wonder if this a normal variation. He’s super friendly, eats a lot, sheds normal, and is our biggest gecko. I just want to make sure I’m doing everything right by my little guy. All advice welcome!
