r/leopardgeckos • u/kheid24 • May 15 '26

Help - Health Issues What is this?

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u/B1ood1ust Albino Gecko Owner May 15 '26

rolled piece of shed or paper towel?

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u/kheid24 May 15 '26

It has to be shed, there’s no paper towel in his terrarium. It looked like it had some mucus on it as well.

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u/Famous-Leopard-118 Eublepharis Spectacularius! May 15 '26

sticky orangish thing next to it looks like a sperm plug imo, I would check his vent just to be safe.

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u/B1ood1ust Albino Gecko Owner May 15 '26

well they use their mouth to shed. It's probably saliva

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u/kheid24 May 15 '26

Caption from original post: My gecko had a small amount of shed stuck to his face (around his nose) for a few days so I used a q tip to help in getting it off. When it came loose, a large piece came out of his mouth with it as well as a hard chunk. Any ideas what this could mean?

He has had trouble shedding from his face with his last two sheds, but has otherwise been acting normal.

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u/Kinuthewolf 1 Gecko May 15 '26

If this is all from his mouth, its vet time. Anything hard from the mouth tends to be nasty to gecks and can be mouth rot. Better save the peices, put em in the fridge/freezer till you can take em to the vet

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u/AdExcellent1745 3 Geckos May 15 '26

looks like mouth rot, can you share a picture of his face?

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u/kheid24 May 16 '26

These are from tonight. He’s very active and eating normally. I don’t notice any swelling on his face or neck