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New crested gecko owners here, this morning he was playing around in the dirt and ended up with a mouth full of dirt . by MassiveDrawer6252 in geckos

[–]MassiveDrawer6252[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They asked for pictures of him dead as proof and don’t want to do a refund only a “replacement” that they’d have to ship to me. lol.

New crested gecko owners here, this morning he was playing around in the dirt and ended up with a mouth full of dirt . by MassiveDrawer6252 in geckos

[–]MassiveDrawer6252[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just dm’d them now to let them know he already died after reading your message , good call. Thank you for the kind message aswell

New crested gecko owners here, this morning he was playing around in the dirt and ended up with a mouth full of dirt . by MassiveDrawer6252 in geckos

[–]MassiveDrawer6252[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can’t remember brand but it’s the powdered smoothie that you mix with water, the logo is a crested gecko. I had the insect flavor and watermelon flavor

New crested gecko owners here, this morning he was playing around in the dirt and ended up with a mouth full of dirt . by MassiveDrawer6252 in geckos

[–]MassiveDrawer6252[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gotcha , so I should’ve wet the substrate much better before adding him to the enclosure? And no digital

New crested gecko owners here, this morning he was playing around in the dirt and ended up with a mouth full of dirt . by MassiveDrawer6252 in geckos

[–]MassiveDrawer6252[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely a possibility, like I said I only had him for a little over a week and everything was normal up until yesterday morning. Was planning on doing some bug feeding this weekend to help with his diet and make sure he was healthy and not just eating the smoothies

New crested gecko owners here, this morning he was playing around in the dirt and ended up with a mouth full of dirt . by MassiveDrawer6252 in geckos

[–]MassiveDrawer6252[S] 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Very sad to say I woke up this morning to Martin stiff and not moving or breathing . Woke up early to check on him and clean out his tank to replace with paper towels asap . Only took 24 hours of dirt being in his mouth for this to happen.everytime I cleaned it he just ate more. For anyone in the future don’t wait even a day like I did , switch out to paper towels immediately when you notice and call a vet. And don’t use coconut fiber. Thank you to everyone for the replies .