2 Baby Leopard Geckos but one sick!!! Need Help ASAP!!!!

[NatandZoe]

We just got 2 new baby leopard geckos. The breeder believes both are female and we named them violet and shadow. Violet is growing and her tail is getting bigger. She is very healthy and weve had them for about 2 weeks now. Shadow however, only ate for a few days when we first got him and then wasnt eating at all. So, we went out and got them some mealworms (they were eating crickets before). Violet ate them with no problem but within 2 hours I came back to check on them and Shadow regurgitated all 4 mealworms I gave him earlier right in front of me. Then we thought that since they are only around 6 weeks old the mealworms outer shell made it to hard for the little guy to digest. So, we went out again and got more crickets. She was already much skinner than violet and his tail is as thin as a tiny twig. She ate a few crickets that night and we were very happy that he didnt regurgitate them, but in the morning when I went to clean their cage, I thought he had a ton of poops but really he had regurgitated all of the crickets he ate. We then took her to the vet and on the ride their she regurgitated her shedded skin that she ate. The vet put her on baytril and told us to seperate the two of them in case shadow has some kind of parasite. He also thought she might have an impaction so we gave her a 5 minitute warm bath making sure her body was submerged and her head was above the water. That night we fed her some baytril and she threw that up within 10 minutes. The next day we gave her some chicken baby food with water in it and she managed to hold 2 drops of that down. She had 2 poops that night so we knew she wasnt impacted. Yesterday we gave her some chicken baby food in a dish and she didnt eat any so we put a small cricket in with her over night. In the morning it was still there. She is completely not interested in eating anything and I fear that if she doesnt eat something soon she may die. Does anyone know what this could be or of a good reptile vet in Halifax Nova Scotia?
Thanks Natalie and Zoe

 

[geckogirl3]

thin tail, throwing up, makes me think crypto. :cry:

 

[fl_orchidslave]

Did the vet not test for parasites? Baytril is an antibiotic, was there a confirmed infection? It's possible there could be a parasite problem with them, even tho just one is having issues. If one has them, both need to be treated. Crickets can carry parasites from eating poop, then gecko eats cricket.... Good that they are now separated. There's a sticky at the top of this forum section for a slurry recipe that's packed with nutrition and very good for ailing geckos, but I would still strongly recommend a fecal test be done ASAP. You might find a reptile vet in you area by posting an inquiry in the general discussion section, linking to this thread.

Also, please don't leave crickets in with your geckos for more than 30 min. They will pester, bite, eat poop, etc.

 

[geckogirl3]

are they in the same tank?

 

[NatandZoe]

No they are not in the same tank anymore as of last week. I was very haplily surprised to see that when I went to feed her 2 crickets today she ate them up. I dont know what was wrong with her before (not being interested in food and all but she seems to be doing alot better now)!!! She still is very skinny and her tail quite small but im sure it will get better even if she is just eating 1 -2 crickets every second day or so. Thanks to both of you for replying!!

 

[geckogirl3]

how much are you offering her

 

[NatandZoe]

I offered her 2 and then when she ate them I offered her one more. When I went back to check on her about 15 minutes later one of the crickets legs was gone but it was hiding behind her hut and she was inside her hut. She seems like she isnt that interested to get up and go after it, though when i put the first two in, for the first time in a long time she pounced right on them and was lunging at them right away!!

 

[fl_orchidslave]

Small meals are better, easier to digest, and less chance of regurg.

 

[NatandZoe]

Yes we have been feeding her the smallest crickets that we have.

 

[NatandZoe]

She ate 2 crickets today and didnt vomit them up so I beleive she may be doing a bit better. I have no idea what happend to her and probably never will find out. Thats okay though, as long as she is healthy now.