![]() ![]() ![]() Fully insectivorous geckos (including leopard geckos) will be happy with a mix of locusts, crickets, mealworms, silkworms, and occasional waxworms. As a rule of thumb, at each meal adult geckos need to eat two insects for every inch long they measure between the base of their tail and the tip of their nose – and each of those insects should be about equal to the space between your gecko’s eyes, but no wider. If they do, it could be a sign that their diet is lacking in either quality or quantity. At this point it’s normal for them to only poop every two to three days as well. Up to five times a day is normal for a gecko under a month old! As they grow up, your gecko will start eating every other day, and eventually every two to three days. Since they’re eating frequently, and their digestive system is still immature, they tend to poop once or more per day. Juvenile geckos who are still growing need to eat every day. And how often they need to eat depends on how old they are. How often geckos poop is regulated by how often they eat. Runny poop with a strong foul odor can also be a sign that something is wrong with your gecko’s health – we’ll come back to that in a moment. Some foods – like wax worms, which are high in fat – can make them more pungent. Since gecko poop and pee are both solid, small, and dry, their smell is usually pretty mild and inoffensive. The normal color for them is white, and yellow urates are a sign of dehydration. Geckos make solid urates in order to conserve water. The gecko poop images in this article will give you a clear idea of what to look for. Urates are usually expelled at the same time as poop – they look like a small white blob next to the poop itself. Yes, but not in the way that we’re used to! Rather than liquid pee, geckos produce a solid white waste matter called urate. So young lizards and lizards with faster than average digestion will produce lighter brown poop than lizards with a naturally slower than average digestion. ![]() Poop gets darker the longer it hangs around in the digestive tract. Gecko poop is usually mid to dark brown, but the color can vary depending on their diet, and individual differences in how quickly their digestive system operates. So their poop is usually damp, but only just, and dries out quickly in the warm environment of their tank. ![]() Geckos are adapted to produce poop with very low moisture content, to conserve water in very dry habitats. Adult gecko poop is usually no more than ¼ of an inch long, and it looks like a small cigar. Geckos are among the world’s smallest lizard species, so it should come as no surprise (but maybe welcome news) that their poop is small too. So if you’re not familiar with lizard poop already, it’s important to make sure you know what to expect, and recognize when something isn’t right. But as we’re going to see, gecko pooping habits have adapted over thousands of years to improve their chances of survival in hot and dry climates. The need to get rid of solid waste material leftover from the digestive process is universal. Do lizards poop?Īll animals poop, from the biggest blue whale to the tiniest yellow-headed day gecko. Knowing what to expect, and what changes to be concerned about, is an important way of looking after your gecko’s health. Luckily, like lots of pets which originally inhabited hot climates, adult geckos’ poop is usually small, dry, low-odor and inoffensive to deal with. Welcome to our complete guide to gecko poop! We’ll answer all your questions, from ‘what does lizard poop look like?’ to ‘is my gecko’s poop normal?’
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