Fleshy Poop

[crwn.juls]

I went in to feed my skink some acorn squash and some leftover Pangea that I had mixed for my baby crested gecko and I noticed that they had used the bathroom, but I saw this first and have no clue what it is. I thought it was maybe a urate at first and got really concerned because it was solid and pink but when I picked up the actual poop I noticed the urate was underneath it. I do feed them pinkies like every other feeding (so maybe once or twice a week depending on the schedule) and I'm leaning towards it being part of an undigested limb or a lump of skin but I wanted to see if anyone else has ever seen something passed whole like that before. It briefly crossed my mind that it was a bit of internal organ or a severed hemipene but they're incredibly active and it's way too solid and lightly colored to be an organ of some sort. I picked it up in a napkin and squished it to see if it was hard or not and it had some give to it - just like a freshly thawed pinkie. It smells the same as the poop does too. I fed them a pinkie yesterday so it was a day before they used the bathroom. I've never seen whole chunks in their poop before and this was a few inches away. Unfortunately I didn't see them pass it so I couldn't tell if they strained at all but there was no blood around it or anything.

[Janella]

Depending on what they eat it can change their feces. It can change the texture and color. I wouldn't worry about it. Probably from the pinkie

[crwn.juls]

Thank you! I'll probably cut back on them for a bit just to play it safe.

[splashy07]

I would offer pinkies only as occasional treats.

[Jsterner666]

Is your skink a male?
That looks a bit like my skink's sperm plugs.

[splashy07]

Sperm plugs do not have color. They are a translucent white-ish.