Fostering a gecko with MBD?

[laurahlove]

So I just picked up this poor little girl at a pet shop near my house, they had said they had a gecko with a hurt foot and had been hand feeding it and as soon as I saw it I knew it was MBD. I was explaining what it was to the manager and telling her what I know about it and she didn't really have any idea about it or how to treat it, so I offered to foster it because I have an extra set up, and it wasn't getting proper care there. Didn't even have a heat pad, poor girl so I just set her up, I have a heat pad, small water dish because I don't want her drowning in a big one, and a hide on the cool side, and a small calcium dish with D3, which I will change to without D3 in a day or two. Also just have a 25 watt bulb to make sure it stays warm for her. She's been on the heating pad the whole time since I put her in, she's really quite cute actually.

The MBD is really affecting her in two of her legs, but I can tell its spreading to all of them. And she has a regenerated tail.

Any tips? Anything I'm doing wrong? I know her legs won't straighten, and I know there's a chance I can't save her, but I know there's a chance she can regain some strength and make it.

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[JennyBeen]

Aw, she looks like my Mardu! Only he was fortunate to just have it inpact his one leg :/

Since I'm so new to geckos, I'm not sure if there's anything else you should be doing (for us his disease was halted and he just needs his calcium supplement and gut-loaded, dusted bugs) but it sounds like a good start. Hopefully someone else can give some more info, and I'll be interested to read about it! Good luck to you!

 

[indyana]

Yep, just make sure you are dusting her meals with multivitamins and calcium with D3 (alternate back and forth or get one of those all-in-one supplements like Repashy Calcium Plus) and give her access to pure calcium (no D3) in her cage, and she should recover. As Jenny mentioned, properly gutloading her insects with nutritious fresh food will also help (squashes, green beans, alfalfa, parsnips, mustard greens, dandelions, escarole, figs, papaya, cantaloupe and berries).

Vet treatment for MBD usually includes shots with more powerful calcium, so if she really gets bad, you can seek medical treatment.