OK, I'm sorry to bring up such a tasteless subject, but I am trying to learn as much as possible, and I want to make sure this is OK. The Leopard Geckos excrement is two tone. Some of it is entirely white, some is brownish-green. These two are not intermixed, separate little droppings deposited at the same time, always in the corner.

I am curious about whether or not this is normal, and/or the significance of this.

Jen

What your seeing is perfectly normal and how all reptiles save water. The white portion is urates, and in the most sense urine with a low water content.

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Interesting.
Thanks for the info. I have heard that camels don't waste water in their urine either. As a result, their urine is almost solid.

Jennifer

Hello,

The only time you need to worry about the stool from a leo is when it is runny and foul smelling. That is a typical indicator of parasites. Leopard geckos will have "solid" stools for the most part.

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Thanks very much. This would fall into the sub-specialty of Herpecorprology. (my neologism

Jen gal

Jen,, If your Leopard Geckos are like mine and go in the same spot ALLWAYS,,,you can place paper napkins there to make cleanup a snap !!!!! I change the napkin daily and the substrate weeky. Makes life a bit easier.

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Ken,

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll do just that.

Jen

(I secretly tell my wife I trained them) "see Hon,,,,,reptiles are easy to care for, odor free, and ya can train em where to go potty"

haven't gotten the snakes and the rest of thr critters to follow the Leopard Geckos lead yet though

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"What your seeing is perfectly normal and how all reptiles save water. The white portion is urates, and in the most sense urine with a low water content."

-The white excrement is concentrated uric acid (I'm not sure if that translates directly into "urates" or not). The other part is the actual digested waste of whatever it ate.

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Yes Urates is what it is called.

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