[Gecko Ranch]

Originally Posted by LotusCrested

So is it safe to say in the wild, when a creature eats dirt/foreign material, they die or can die of impaction too?

Intense photos. =( Poor babe.

I don't think the two situations are comparable (wild and captive). If a gecko gets sick in the wild it follows instincts there, like substrate ingestion, that probably will not be of benefit in captivity (see my previous post).