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| Hey. My leopard gecko has not pooped in 6 days. I just moved him into a new 55-gallon tank with enough hides so he isn't stressed, but not too many so he's cramped. But he's pooped in the tank before, so that's why I'm worried. The temperatures are appropriate, at 90 degrees on the warm side, and 78 degrees on the cool side during the day. At night, the temperature drops down to 78 degrees. He is on reptile carpet and he gets 8 worms (phoenix, silk,and the mealworms) every other day. He greedily eats them all. He gets calcium every other feeding and he has a calcium dish. He gets a multivitamin about once a month. Thanks in advance to everyone that replies.
-------------------------------------- 1.0 Leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius)- Zeus My first reptile! "In the end, we will only conserve what we love. We will only love what we understand. We will only understand what we are taught. Conservation through education."--- Baba Dioum
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He might be impacting.Id reccomend to start using crickets in boxes available at petsmart or start using crickets.it is their natrual food.Hope he gets better 
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| Could he get impacted on the food I'm feeding him? He doesn't really like crickets now, but I'll buy them if it gets him better. I don't think that there's anything in the tank he could eat besides the food. Maybe the moss in the humid hide? But I've never even seen him in there... Any other suggestions?
-------------------------------------- 1.0 Leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius)- Zeus My first reptile! "In the end, we will only conserve what we love. We will only love what we understand. We will only understand what we are taught. Conservation through education."--- Baba Dioum
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| Yes.Have u ever seen him lick the bottom of the tank or the sides?If you have,clean the tank.Or continue the diet but leave out the mealworms,they could cause him to impact.
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| No, he's not been licking the sides. He just hasn't pooped. When I moved him into his first tank, it took him 3 days before he pooped. Since I'm only feeding him every other day, I figured it would take 6. He's never had problems on the mealies before, and those are his favorites. But I'll switch to crickets if that is what is required. What are some of the signs he's impacted? He's acting normal, and eating normal, he just won't poop. Should I take him to the vet? Or just switch to crickets?
-------------------------------------- 1.0 Leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius)- Zeus My first reptile! "In the end, we will only conserve what we love. We will only love what we understand. We will only understand what we are taught. Conservation through education."--- Baba Dioum
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give him a warm bath
my critters:
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Ok, he pooped last night.  Thanks for all of the help. I guess it was just him getting used to his new tank. Thanks again!
--------------------------------------1.0 Leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius)- Zeus My first reptile! "In the end, we will only conserve what we love. We will only love what we understand. We will only understand what we are taught. Conservation through education."--- Baba Dioum
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Its probilly constipated. Try bathing it in warm water for a few days until he poops.
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Glad everything is okay. Just for the record, you might want to increase the temps on the hot side to about 93-94 degrees...90 is a bit low to be able to thermoregulate properly...
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Ok, I'll increase temps on the warm side.  Thanks again for all the help!!
-------------------------------------- 1.0 Leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius)- Zeus My first reptile! "In the end, we will only conserve what we love. We will only love what we understand. We will only understand what we are taught. Conservation through education."--- Baba Dioum
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