I think we have a problem....

[DierdreDreamwalker626]

So, the baby leo that I have been posting about, the one with the odd circling behavior. It's getting worse. She's still circling, but now it looks like she has no real sense of balance. She can walk in a straight line all day, but when she starts to turn (or circle) she falls over. Other than that she's eating and drinking fine. We've been taking her out to feed her, just to be sure that she is still eating normally. She's going to the bathroom fine and everything looks normal. Not even her personality has changed. Idk know what to do. I want to take her to the vet and have her checked out, but we honestly don't have any money. Usually it wouldn't be any kind of issue to take her, but we just paid over $700 for our savannah monitor to have stomach surgery the other day, not to mention we're in the middle of preparing to move so we're having to pay for all that. So what should we do? I'm worried about her cuz she's my favorite.

 

[im faster]

enigma syndrome?
post a picture of the baby

 

[DierdreDreamwalker626]

The mother is a blizzard and the father is a Tremper albino. Neither of them display this type of behavior and their lineage is not known to have any enigma trace anywhere what so ever. We've been trying to figure out what it is, but we have no clue. What gets me is that other than her balance and the circling, she is completely normal and has no other issues what so ever. ........

(sorry that picture sucks, btw. My camera is busted, so all I have is my iPod. lol)

 

[DierdreDreamwalker626]

Oh and she's shaking as well. Like right before she goes to turn her head will shake and then she will roll??

 

[BadKelpie]

Huh, I don't know if geckos can even get this, but it sounds a whole lot like Vestibular Disease.

Inner ear infections also affect balance and cause the animal to walk in circles.

 

[sunshinegeckos]

it really sounds like a case of Enigma Syndrome. Even non enigmas can develop neurological disorders which that is what it sounds like is going on.