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Leo regurgitating?
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I had previously asked a question about non digested meal worms. I had thought that they were eaten, not digested, and the result was dead black meal worms for poo. I have been waiting for the leo to show me that she is eating or that she had pooed at all, with no luck.
I fed her some meal worms today (one at a time) until she didn't want anymore. She seemed happy to eat them, but when I just checked on her, maybe an hour or so later, she had regurgitated all the meal worms in two piles. Could this be from how old she is?
I plan on making a vet apt. tomorrow, but I wanted to know what you think. Could it be her age (8 years in sept.) or could it be something else? She still looks super skinny and hasn't been eating without me putting them in front of her.
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5/11/2010 11:00:56 PM
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FyreFocks
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Are you feeding mealworms or superworms? Either way, the shell can be hard to digest sometimes. How often do you feed?
Do you use vitamin supplements and/or natural lighting?
Do you feed crickets or waxworms?
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5/11/2010 11:17:26 PM
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5/12/2010 12:07:06 AM
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Miss Andrea
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I feed meal worms. They are available all the time. No supplemental lighting, my Leos are kept in a rack.
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5/12/2010 12:20:59 AM
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FyreFocks
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Ok. Do you use any vitamins? And do you feed anything other than mealworms for food?
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5/12/2010 6:52:10 AM
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Miss Andrea
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I use zoo med's reptivite, and only feed meal worms.
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5/12/2010 9:04:20 AM
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JohnJohn
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You might try feeding fewer worms. I have one collared lizard that is crazy about wax worms. A few times, I fed him as many as he would eat (way too many) and later he just regurged them up. He's done that several times. He's healthy and usually doesn't do this, but if I feed him too many at once he will always regurge them.
Also, it really might be a good idea to try some other food items like roaches or crickets. All my lizards love roaches. I feed my geckos roaches and crickets as the main part of their diet and super worms sometimes just for a change.
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5/12/2010 1:32:57 PM
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shellboa
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The thinness of her tail and the regurge plus her advanced age leads me to belive either A crypto as was previously suggested or B she is simply shutting down and coming close to the end of her time. A vet visit is a great idea and I hope that her or she has more definetive answers for you.
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5/12/2010 7:40:27 PM
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Miss Andrea
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I thought that Crypto was diarrhea. She hasn't had any poo, good, bad or ugly. Today she's not interested in eating much, just one worm and then no more. I moved her into a smaller rack system (I also use it for my hatchling ball pythons) so she would be more confined and guaranteed warmer. Any other ideas before I go to the vet?
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Accepted Answer
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5/17/2010 5:11:17 PM
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ChelsBrown
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Crypto is a possibility, but I would A) Check her heat source B) consider taking her off mealworms for the time being. Generaly Leos do very well on them, but on occasion they can be too difficult to digest (for say, a senior or baby gecko) and need to be supplemented with softer bodied, higher moisture content food. Try some dusted waxworms, or small dubia. Make sure they're gutloaded and keep her hydrated (soak her). If she won't eat, get a syringe and try the chicken babyfood trick. It's very common that animals stop eating/can't digest their food items for whatever reason and will starve to death. If you can get her to hold down food and/or stay hydrated to will really help her recovery, whatever the issue turns out to be.
It's also very important that you get her to the vet, if it is crypto you need to be very careful that you don't let it spread to the rest of the collection.
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