Geckos leg looks bent

[kyomagi]

About your leo:
- Sex male
- Age & Weight about 9 months weight not sure
- How long have you owned your leo..7mos
- Where was he/she obtained (ex. Pet store, breeder, wild caught, friend) reptile store

A) Health/History
- How often do you handle your leo - 1 time a day, sometimes everyother depending on work ect
- Is your leo acting any different today? If so how does he/she normally act which differs from now. acting about the same, hes actually more social than normal today
- Has he/she had any problems in the past, if so please describe. n/a
B) Fecals
- Describe (look any different than normal) n/a
- When was the last time he/she went - yesterday
C) Problem
- Please briefly describe the problem and how long it has been going on. Foot looks bent

Housing:
A) Enclosure
- Size 10 gal
- Type (ex. glass tank) glass
- Type of substrate - gecko sand
- Hides, how many, what kind 1 cold and one warm hide and a moist hide
B) Heating
- Heat source - recommended lamp from shop
- Cage temps (hot side, cool side) n/a
- Method of regulating heat source
- What are you using to measure your temps n/a
- Do you have any lights (describe) - yes, recommended reptile lamp
C) Cage mates
- How many (males, females) - none
- Describe health, or previous problems n/a


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As the pics suggest, his leg looks bent. Not sure what the deal is

 

[DrCarrotTail]

You skipped the part of the form about feeding and supplementation. What kinds of calcium and/or vitamin suplements are you giving him? ow do you gutload your feeders? Rubbery legs like that could be a sign of MBD - metabolic one disease. It's caused by the gecko not having enough calcium to strengthen its bones. I would recommend getting that little guy to a vet. Whether it's MBD or something else he needs hands on help ASAP.

Over tank heat lamps are also not the best heat source for Leo's. You probably want to look into getting an under tank heater (UTH) and a way to measure your tank temperatures accurately.

 

[kyomagi]

You skipped the part of the form about feeding and supplementation. What kinds of calcium and/or vitamin suplements are you giving him? ow do you gutload your feeders? Rubbery legs like that could be a sign of MBD - metabolic one disease. It's caused by the gecko not having enough calcium to strengthen its bones. I would recommend getting that little guy to a vet. Whether it's MBD or something else he needs hands on help ASAP.

Over tank heat lamps are also not the best heat source for Leo's. You probably want to look into getting an under tank heater (UTH) and a way to measure your tank temperatures accurately.

Sorry about that. I feed him wax worms and meal worms every other day or every two days. I dont gut load, honestly never knew about that.

when i bought it, i got advice from the rep shop owner and that was not included.

What should i add to start getting him better?

 

[SC Geckos]

There are several issues I see,

Sand substrate is not recommended for leopard geckos. Especially if the animal is lacking in supplementation. This can result in the animal eating the sand to try to replace the supplements it is not getting in its diet, which can potentially lead to impaction. You should switch to reptile carpet, paper towels, or some sort of tile.

You have know way of knowing what the temperatures in the animals enclosure are or any way to regulate them. You need a digital thermometer (with a probe) to measure surface temps on the warm side. Along with some type of thermostat to properly regulate the temp on the warm side of the enclosure to create a surface temp between 88 - 93 degrees.

Belly heat is ideal for leopard geckos. I would suggest some type of UTH (Under Tank Heater) large enough to cover 1/3 of the floor space in the enclosure. The UTH should be used with a thermostat.

Supplements are very important for for leopard geckos. They should be provided a dish with calcium powder in there enclosure at all times. I offer a mix of calcium powder and vitamin supplements at all times and put the feeders in this dish. There are many different types of vitamin/calcium supplements which are always debated which ones are better than others. (but just about any you can pick up the the LPS (that are for reptiles) are better than nothing at all. I use Osteo Form SA for my calcium and Vionate for my vitamin supplement.

Look at the care sheets provided on this site to insure your animal is getting the proper care and any information I may have missed. I'm sure I didn't cover everything

Last thing regarding the "bent leg", Odds are it is lack of supplements but I would recommend taking your gecko to a reptile vet to be looked over and diagnosed in case any other issues need to addressed.

Good luck.

 

[katie_]

^^ Everything Brad said.

I would do a lot of research, even search on this forum about how to set up an appropriate enclosure for your little guy, stop feeding waxworms, and take your little guy to the vet.

 

[kyomagi]

There are several issues I see,

Sand substrate is not recommended for leopard geckos. Especially if the animal is lacking in supplementation. This can result in the animal eating the sand to try to replace the supplements it is not getting in its diet, which can potentially lead to impaction. You should switch to reptile carpet, paper towels, or some sort of tile.

You have know way of knowing what the temperatures in the animals enclosure are or any way to regulate them. You need a digital thermometer (with a probe) to measure surface temps on the warm side. Along with some type of thermostat to properly regulate the temp on the warm side of the enclosure to create a surface temp between 88 - 93 degrees.

Belly heat is ideal for leopard geckos. I would suggest some type of UTH (Under Tank Heater) large enough to cover 1/3 of the floor space in the enclosure. The UTH should be used with a thermostat.

Supplements are very important for for leopard geckos. They should be provided a dish with calcium powder in there enclosure at all times. I offer a mix of calcium powder and vitamin supplements at all times and put the feeders in this dish. There are many different types of vitamin/calcium supplements which are always debated which ones are better than others. (but just about any you can pick up the the LPS (that are for reptiles) are better than nothing at all. I use Osteo Form SA for my calcium and Vionate for my vitamin supplement.

Look at the care sheets provided on this site to insure your animal is getting the proper care and any information I may have missed. I'm sure I didn't cover everything

Last thing regarding the "bent leg", Odds are it is lack of supplements but I would recommend taking your gecko to a reptile vet to be looked over and diagnosed in case any other issues need to addressed.

Good luck.

Thank you

Vet cant see me until next week which is fine. I got him the powder with the calcium and D3 and put it in his feeding dish along with 10 feeder worms. im going to change his box tonight and lay that mat down