Broken Jaw????

[FoHGoR]

Hello All,
It appears that one of my crested geckos may have broken it's jaw. The jaw hangs open and it appears that she can not close it on her own. I just noticed it the other night, but thought she had just eaten a cricket. I was able to feed her some crested gecko powder food using a small syringe, but I was wondering if this was something that is fixable?? Also, is it very common?

I believe it may have happened while she was pouncing on a cricket. She'll usually drop from a leave 4-5 inches above the cricket.

I gut load the crickets with the little cubes that claim to have plenty of calcium and occasionally dust them with miner-all.

Thanks,
Kris

 

[Stevie]

Just go to the vet. If the jaw indeed is broken, you can't fix it on your own I think. Good luck with the patient and make sure it doesn't get dehydrated (would be a shame if the kidneys would be damaged as well).

Greets,

Stevie

 

[Stitch]

Agreed, you need to get the gecko to a vet ASAP!

Here are some links to find a vet incase you don't have one already:
Herpvetconnection/

Arav/

 

[FoHGoR]

Thank you both. Thanks for the link - I'll find a vet and make a visit.

Kris

 

[david13]

thats stupid, theres no herp vet withing like 3-4 hours of my house i think, maybe more