leopard gecko impaction treatment

[gavinlee22]

Got a 12week old leo that has impaction anyone no any treatments i could use. he was kept on sand at the store but i keep him on kitchen role he his very skinny and when he eats a few hours later he brings it back up dead. any advise will be good.

[arnie23]

if you thinkits impacted you need to get it to the vet ASAP try starting a thread in te lizard section you will get alot of great advise of people there but no doubt they will say the same

[gavinlee22]

he is going to a vet soon as i can find one that special in reptiles in my area

[Tempestas]

Where in the UK are you ?

You could try a luke warm bath ( Tub with a touch of water in )

Other than that it will be the vets what are your temps in the enclosure ?

[Meko]

will that be a result of being impacted? I can't crap it out so it'll be sick before it's even gone through my system?
Won't it be more to do with the temps not being hot enough and it not being able to digest it properly?

[nuttybabez]

Yes it can happen like that Meko. Regurgitation could also be caused by low temperatures, food too big for the leo, stress/travelling or parasites.

You need to take the leo to the vet if you suspect impaction - theres not much you can do to help her.

[della.g]

Gavin, the nearest and best reptile vet in our area is Robson and Prescott at morpeth.
Is this the leo that you got from pets at home??

Adele

[amylls]

I have a young leo that is just getting over impaction.All i did was give no food (as this just adds to the blockage) and sit him in a tub with a little warm warm water in it twice a day for about half an hour then syringe water into his mouth as they get dehydrated which just causes more problems.Once he was fully hydrated again you could see the blockage was moving and after him trying lots of times to pass it he eventually did.But i dont mean it happened all in a day or anything it took about 3 weeks of this.

[gavinlee22]

my temps are no highter then 93 and no lower then 88 i have put him in the bath and he seems to be pooing a little bit at a time but he is very very skinny so cant not feed him for 2 long.

[amylls]

But there is no point in feeding him if it is gonna make things worse.My little one at his worst point was about 12 weeks an only 7/8 grams,he lost a lot of weight and stopped growing completely.