Hard Bump..:(

[Pepper]

So I was feeding and holding my gecko a few minutes ago when I noticed a bump on his side...I don't know if he broke a rib? Or something..I'll show his normal side, and the side with the bump a few times.

He ate fine, 3 mealworms, one that was recently shed so it was softer, and probably 6 or more crickets, then I took him out to sit on my bed for a few minutes and he was fine, running around, being a tiny bit tame haha, but otherwise acting regularly, and not sitting still for pictures..of course.

Regular side:
With his lil piggy tummy

Not so regular side:
The bump is almost perfectly in the middle behind his front leg and before his hind leg.

And this photo makes it look huge, although I could barely see it when I was looking down on him..but this side shot with him curled up makes it look giant.

AND it was not there a day or so ago...This was him I think yesterday or the day before..

I don't know if he fell, or something or if it something worse...and sadly, we do not have a reptile vet in my city...

Any ideas? It feels quite hard. My first guess was some sort of broken bone.
And then I was like, what if it is true meal worms can eat themselves out and then I said..no...and he's not on sand, or has anything in his tank that he could ingest, and nothing is really tall enough for him to jump off, I don't know if it might be sometimes when I go to put crickets in with him he gets skittish when me hand goes in the tank and he runs into the glass sometimes.........
:bigcry::bigcry:

 

[bubblez825]

Awwwww I'm so sorry I hope its nothing serious......I'm sorry I can't help you I have no clue about what it could be.....If I were you I would CALL a vet and see if u can talk to him/her, explain the situation, maybe email a few pix of the bump and see if they have any clue what it is and tell you how u can treat it.....

 

[Pepper]

No one knows anything here, we only have one vet office and they hardly know anything, they didn't even know how to take care of my rats when I had them, when I had reptiles before they didn't have anyone who could do anything with them, or check them out to tell if they were okay..

 

[bubblez825]

you should see if anyone lives near u(go thru the advanced search on members and look up ur city) and PM the people who come up(the breeders) and see if they have a vet they use. You can call and stuff like i said before. If worse comes to worse ask Marcia or Mel & Keith what vet they use and get the number to call and ask/email them. Best of luck with the little one

 

[Pepper]

I talked to my mom and we are going to see if we can find any vets if no one on here can come up with anything.

 

[Gregg M]

I seriously doubt you have anything to worry about... If you do bring it to a vet what do you think the vet will do??? If it has a broken rib (which I doubt) there is nothing that can be done... If it is eating and acting normal and you do not see ant internal or external bleeding, its fine... I may very well just be some fecal matter passing through its organs...

 

[Pepper]

That would be crazy if it was poo, well I'd just feel darn right silly

Thanks for the advice, we only were going to go to the vet if it didn't go away after a while, or if he stopped eating or showed any signs of being ill, I agree if he's acting normal and eating normal then everything should be okay.

 

[fallen_angel]

I know that after they eat, sometimes their stomachs look kinda funny, especially after they eat crickets.. that could just be a cricket in it's stomach, but maybe not..? It very well may not be there tomorrow

 

[Pepper]

Wellllllllllll

It was poo...heh heh.

 

[Gregg M]

Wellllllllllll

It was poo...heh heh.

LOL... Glad to hear your gecko is Ok!!!:main_thumbsup:

 

[kyahbean]

LMAO that's awesome. Puzzle looks weird after he eats. His stomach is all black lol it's so weird how they have almost clear stomachs isn't it?

 

[Pepper]

Yeah it is, I fed him a lot today and I noticed his stomach get all bulgy and bumpy looking, so it's just how it looks after they eat I guess!!! lol

How is Puzzle?

 

[kyahbean]

How is Puzzle?

He's good! He's been eating every day. He needs to gain some weight tho LOL