Bubbles?

[C C Gecko]

My 2 oldest females have them, one more than the other....

Bubble like things under their front arms.

The picture is of the female with the biggest bubble.

What could this be?

The female in the picture is 94.8 grams

My other female with smaller bubbles is 106.6 grams


Now... My oldest male is 101.1 grams but has NO bubbles at all.

 

[C C Gecko]

So I did some Google searching...... you would be surprised at what Google thinks you want haha.


So they are just FAT and I sould cut down on feeding them from every other day to what like once or twice a week?

 

[sausage]

theres a lot of mixed ideas at to what these really are. some say fat (which is most likely) and some say excess calcium store.
I i were you id try cutting their feeding just like you said they are big girs

 

[OnlineGeckos]

They are protein pockets, it's usually a result of having a high fat & protein diet. Yes cutting down on feeding and/or supplementing should help. It takes quite a long time for the bubbles to go down, so it won't be anything immediate.

Some feel the bubbles are natural growth especially when females feed a lot prior to the breeding season. It's hard to say for sure. But it's generally a good idea to cut back on feeding just a tad when you start noticing these bubbles along with fat tails.

A lot of people overfeed their geckos, thinking that larger is better especially if they bought a "giant". But giant or not, obese is obese, and it's not good for their health.

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

Those bubbles are lymphatic fluid high in protein and calcium. They are nothing to worry about this time of year when geckos have bee storing up fat and nutrients for winter brumation and to prepare for egging in the early Spring.

 

[C C Gecko]

Sounds good, Then this season they should do well if I breed them.

Thanks everyone.

 

[Penny'sMommy]

My 34 gram 4 year old girl has those... She is a tiny little girl
so maybe not fat, but idk?

 

[Rurso01]

Those bubbles are lymphatic fluid high in protein and calcium. They are nothing to worry about this time of year when geckos have bee storing up fat and nutrients for winter brumation and to prepare for egging in the early Spring.

So just to clarify, these tend to go away later in the year after the brumation period?

Just curious because like others, we just noticed our female has formed slight bubbles on her hind leg pocket area. Glad to hear its nothing to worry about but is it recommended that we still cut back feeding a little? Recent vet visit didn't say anything about it and said shes healthy as can be. 62 grams and about 8 or 9 months old.

 

[marauderhex]

Yep, they go away on their own. You might want to cut back on feeding a little so she doesn't develop fatty liver disease.

 

[Rurso01]

okay good deal. in the past few months shes reduced her own eating from every day to every 2 or 3 days. we tend to try to make up for her reduced eating by feeding her a good amount when she does eat. I suppose that could be the problem.

 

[marauderhex]

For my 8 mos+ leos, I step back their feeding to once every 3 days for them. I feed one appropriately sized dubia roach per feeding, and my leos seem to like the schedule. It maintains weight, but doesn't let them really gain too much more.

 

[Rurso01]

now when you say appropriately sized dubia... what do you mean? What do you compare it to? I hear sometimes its the size of their head and sometimes its the space between their eyes... just curious what your take on that is. We dont get dubias very often so we settle for a mix of mealworms and crickets. did phoenix worms for a while but she grew tired of them.

 

[marauderhex]

I do from about eye to eye, so slightly larger than the space between their eyes.