Can MBD Cause Seizures?

[im faster]

Okay i have a customer that bought a leopard gecko about 40 days ago.
Yesterday it started having seizures and ended up passing.
He took it to the vet and she said it had MBD.
I saw a photo of the gecko and it has NO twisting of the limbs at all.

any ideas what could have caused it?

 

[katie_]

Dehydration can sometimes cause seizures, but so can a lot of other things.
Thats a tough one.

 

[doublet74]

MBD CAN cause seizures in Bearded dragons. Not sure about leos. But I mean why not. Sorry cant be more help. But I hope this person isnt looking for a refund. I mean 40 days seems to me it would be long enough to develop MBD without proper husbandry. Not your fault. JMO

 

[sausage]

MBD can cause seizures in all reptiles.
When blood calcium is low, seizures will occur to some degree. These small seizures will occur until the para-thyroid gland senses the low calcium and secretes parathyroid hormone (PTH). PTH acts on the bone (causes bone destruction) to free up bound calcium. When the calcium is released by the bone into the blood, the tetanic seizures stop at least until the new calcium is utilized.

 

[im faster]

My concern is i have even seen a photo. and the gecko has no twisted limbs of any kind.
i think before it got serious enough to cause seizures it would effect the bones.

 

[im faster]

Also we dust babies food with calcium EVERY feeding.
The vet he took it to said this " vet said it was called MBD, and that he had to have had it for a while for him to be that bad."

The gecko was around 4-6 weeks old when he took it. (I would have to do the math and figure out exactly how old.)

 

[sausage]

not necessarily, could be just the start. calcium is an essential mineral for a number of body processes such as blood clotting, every day nerve functions, cell maintenance and function, hormone secretion and even enzyme activation.

It could be possible that the gecko was receiving supplements but not enough for the body to carry out all its processes, once the body depleted it the gecko had seizures resulting it PTH release as stated above.
If this was a process that was happening on a regular basis there's only so much siezuring a young body can take (a bit like a stroke)

It could also be that as you just stated that you dusted their food every day then the other reason would be that it wasn't receiving the correct dose of active vitamin B which is essential for the calcium up take from the small intestine into the blood stream. without it the calcium is not absorbed and passes right back out again in its faeces.