Enigma Behaviour Help

[voodoo53]

hi i purchased an Enigma male a couple weeks ago at a show, everything was going well till this past saturday then all of a sudden he started walking in circles, and dropping his head to the left almost to the point of dragging it. then last evening i noticed hes doing 90% of his walking backwards and also doing these long sweeping motions with his head. is this normal, thanks Guys and Girls.

 

[miamimike]

I am by no means an expert on enigmas.....
But I have been working on them for a couple seasons thanks to Kelli....
....and have produced quite a few babies of both bell lines and tremper lines....and actually not het for either and I havent seen the actions you describe in any of mine.
I have seen a few do circles a little when they were very young...but they all grew out of it by the time they were 15 grams.

 

[geckoluv2187]

check out this thread, maybe it can answer some of your questions:
http://www.geckoforums.net/showthread.php?t=14833

there's quite a bit of info there.

 

[malt_geckos]

We have one with the same problem as you. He tilts his head to the left, walks circles, and rolls over....we aren't breeding him due to this. We also have a female that walks circles and climbs the air. She's not getting bred either.