Help please!

okay i just looked at the belly of my leopard gecko, and i saw a tiny tiny little dark dot near the middle of his belly. is this impaction? How can i fix it?

and also, i have her on newspaper, and i noticed that her scales on her belly have tiny sighns of ink on them. is this something to worry about?

How old is your gecko? They do have a belly button of sorts after hatching before the area where they were connected to their yolk sack closes completely and heals up. Can you post a photo?

Some ink transfer from newspaper is nothing to worry about. If it bothers you, you can get unprinted newsprint or use paper towels.

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Originally Posted by mlededee

How old is your gecko? They do have a belly button of sorts after hatching before the area where they were connected to their yolk sack closes completely and heals up. Can you post a photo?

Some ink transfer from newspaper is nothing to worry about. If it bothers you, you can get unprinted newsprint or use paper towels.

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wel shes about 7 inches long. she is on paper towel and has never been on loose substrate b4. she poops to. is that good?

Pics would help

It's possible that you are seeing (I believe) it's liver. Leo's bellies are fairly translucent and internal organs can be seen. If it's pretty much right in the center, the color of a bruise and pretty small that would be my guess.
Do try to get a picture though, it could be any number of other things too.

sounds like its the insides..most babies have small black dot undernieth

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Originally Posted by Clementine_3

It's possible that you are seeing (I believe) it's liver. Leo's bellies are fairly translucent and internal organs can be seen. If it's pretty much right in the center, the color of a bruise and pretty small that would be my guess.
Do try to get a picture though, it could be any number of other things too.

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wel i dont know how to post pictures on my computer i haave a mac. and i have a canon sd200 with a sd card. theres no sd card slot in macs.

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Originally Posted by yellermelon

sounds like its the insides..most babies have small black dot undernieth

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shes not a baby shes like 7 inches long.

if she poops then shes not impacted your seeing her liver or something

If she's pooping and she's never been on loose substrate then I highly doubt she's impacted; as previously mentioned they are fairly see through, you can actually see eggs develop inside of them when they're pregnant. As also previously said it's probably her liver you are seeing.

No need to worry:)