2 Questins-is my gecko overweight and is she sick?

[ness1446]

About your leo:
- Sex:Female
- Age & Weight:~1 year, pudgy (I don't have a scale)
- How long have you owned your leo:1 month
- Where was he/she obtained (ex. Pet store, breeder, wild caught, friend) Pet store

A) Health/History
- How often do you handle your leo Once a week to clean cage
- Is your leo acting any different today? If so how does he/she normally act which differs from now: shes stressed because she had a long car ride and hiding
- Has he/she had any problems in the past, if so please describe.
B) Fecals:
- Describe (look any different than normal):she has big urates but I don't think thats an issue
- When was the last time he/she went:about a week ago
C) Problem
- Please briefly describe the problem and how long it has been going on:her legs are twitchy when she walks, it may be normal but it worries me. Shes also a pudgemaster and I don't know whether thats an issue or its okay

Housing:
A) Enclosure
- Size:20gal
- Type (ex. glass tank):glass
- Type of substrate:repticarpet
- Hides, how many, what kind:3, 1 humid the other 2 warm
B) Heating
- Heat source:UTH and heat lamp
- Cage temps (hot side, cool side):hot side around 92, not sure about cold
- Method of regulating heat source:me
- What are you using to measure your temps:+++++ thermometer
- Do you have any lights (describe)
C) Cage mates
- How many (males, females):none
- Describe health, or previous problems:she seems healthy enough

Describe Diet:
A) Typical diet
- What you're feeding (how often, how much):crickets, superworms, try to do every other day but we haven't established a good schedule yet, there have been some upheavals
- How are you feeding (hand fed, left in dish, ect):handfeeding
B) Supplements (describe how often)
- What vitamin/minerals are you using (list brands):reptivite dusting on a couple crickets every day, calcium w/o d3 in dish
- What are you gut loading food with:flukers cricket gutloading food and carrots for them and the supers

Heres a video of my girl to judge, shes ugly but shes a cute ugly. And shes fat but I love her. I just want to know if I should worry about her twitchy legs.

https://youtu.be/pVteOubDnrY
leg twitches at 0:37, 0:45, a couple small ones around 1:35, big one at 2:55. Shes breathing hard in this video because shes stressed out, she just went on a long car ride and was being reintroduced to her house so I thought it was a good opportunity for a video

 

[JessJohnson87]

Based on the video, I see nothing wrong to point towards MBD or anything else. She is over weight and needs to lose some of that weight. At a year old, she needs to be fed every other day or twice a week. Does the reptivite have D3 in it? Leo's need the D3 to help absorb the calcium.

I would move one of the dry hides to the cool side, they need 1 dry warm and 1 dry cool. I would ditch the red light and use a ceramic heat emitter, leo's can see red light. The twitchy legs doesn't look too abnormal, mine does the same thing and I'm not exactly sure why but I have never seen an issue with it and it does not get worse.

 

[ness1446]

Awesome, thanks for the info! I didn't know they could see red light, there seems to be a lot of differing info but I'll get the ceramic one. Do you know if pet stores sell them or do you have to get them online? The reptivite has D3 but I heard the calcium in the tank shouldn't. She is indeed a pudgemuffin, I don't really know what to do about that as she hasn't really started eating reliably so its hard to put her on a diet. I want to set up a cricket arena as she seems to like hunting, but I don't want to pick her up so much because she freaks out. Letting the crickets run around in the tank is a nonstarter because she can't catch them if they aren't cooled down, and then they bite her and she gives up. Is there a less scary transfer method that you know of? If I just do it will she eventually get used to it or will she hate me?

Thanks for reassuring me about the legs, it looks like how chameleons move so I thought it might be fine, just wanted to get a second opinion.

 

[JessJohnson87]

Pet stores do sell ceramic heat emitters. With those, you need to make sure the dome lamp has the ceramic socket, heat emitters will melt the plastic ones and a 10 inch dome is best for the heat emitters as well. I let mine run around on the bed or couch a couple of times a week for exercise. You can try dubia roaches, if you can get them where you live, they are a bit slower at room temperature and are a great feeder. The more you handle her, the more comfortable she will get, you just have to give her time.

 

[indyana]

My geckos also do "twitchy feet" sometimes. I'm starting to wonder if it's just a sign of a cautious walk?