Impacted Female Leopard Gecko - need advice

That’s a good point! If the issue really is urate impaction, I would guess she’s dehydrated. First step is to try really hard to keep a clean, fresh water dish available 24/7 (I know this can sometimes be difficult with leos that love to just walk through their water dishes). Adding caterpillars (hornworms or silkworms) to the diet can add a lot of moisture intake. So can encouraging an increase in water consumption, for example by misting, so she can lick the droplets- some geckos prefer this to a dish, but don’t go crazy- don’t want to raise humidity too much.

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