Calcium Pockets VS Fat Pockets

[Pinky81]

So I came home from being gone for a few days and noticed that Bonnie my breeder female has some pockets behind her front legs...small looking almost looks like air filled?!?! Im doing a search on here to find some pictures of what a calcium pocket or fat pocket actually looks like and am not finding any.

Bonnie has just finished producing eggs...last clutch was maybe 3 weeks ago, and she has been eating like a pig!! No further clutches developing in her. The right arm pit is more noticable then the left. She has also gained like 10grams in the last 2-3 weeks. She is 61 grams, started the breeding season at 55grams..give or take and the lowestest she dropped was 48 grams during laying.
I have had her on Reptical +D3 in a bowl in her viv. and dust her feeders maybe once a week as she is a daily calcium licker from her bowl!

So what is the difference in the two and how can you tell what truly is the issue??

 

[James Lamantia]

Sounds like calcium pockets to me.

 

[Pinky81]

See now thats the issue...sounds and looks are two different things, thats where any photos of other's with pockets would be very useful..not only for me but others as well. I have read online descriptions of both and they both "sound" like fat pockets and or calcium pockets.

Here are some photo's.. its hard to get pic's of the armpit themselves. But here also is a pic of her at her current weight. she's a smaller stature Leo so she's got some size for 61grams.

 

[Pinky81]

Bumping this up since I put pics in...thoughts??

 

[tiedxupxinxknots]

well, im no expert but heres a link to another forum where people talked about this, and ot seems pretty harmless...

http://www.geckosunlimited.com/comm...er-eublepharis/26650-fat-calcium-pockets.html

 

[theCREECH]

I'm so glad that I just looked at this thread.. I noticed some little buldges behind one of my leo's armpits just last night. I pushed on them a little and they seemed liquid filled. I started to get a little worried. So I came here and found this thread. Not that this thread fixed everything but it's got me thinking its a little normal.

I don't really dust my feeders, but I keep a bottle cap full of calcium next to the feeder bowl. None of my other leos have this growth. Maybe I should take the calcium out some days?

I'm not trying to thread jack just contribute.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/706/zukoarmpit.jpg/

 

[gothra]

I talked about these armpit pockets with our vet once, she immediately said excessive calcium. But when she drew out the liquid to test, it turns out to be protein and water.

 

[animeavatar]

Yup, it is mostly protein from what I know.

 

[contracteryin]

Sooooooo, it's not bad? Cause mine has it too, and it doesn't bug her at all, it seems.

 

[reps4life]

It means the leo is fat. Cut back on feeding amounts or feed food which have less fat like crickets.

 

[geckogirl3]

It means the leo is fat. Cut back on feeding amounts or feed food which have less fat like crickets.

my gecko has them and she is only 50 grams!!!!!

 

[Tavaris Young]

That doesn't necessarily mean she's NOT fat though.

 

[lisa127]

My gecko has them. He weighs 108 grams. So he might be fat...:blush:

 

[Phoenix1115]

Yeah mine JUST got them last week and he's 97g hehe