Leg problems. *images disturbing*

VampyreByte

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Bismarck, ND
2 of my older baby geckos from the same parents just started showing this problem. They don't seem to be able to control the rear right leg and front left leg.
On of them seemed to have happened after I was helping her clean off some shed off her foot while holding her. But then a few days after that the other one developed the same problem with the same legs after I moved her to clean her cage. So now I know that it wasn't from me holding to tight or something, I was worried that it might have been my fault. And now just yesterday, the most recent one that it happened to, lost control of the other rear leg. I'm not sure what happened.
Has anyone ever seen this happen?
Also I have one baby that is completely blind and one baby has one blind eye. They eyes may be missing or they just couldn't open there eye/eyes. Has this ever happened to anyone.
This is my first time breeding. I have 12 babies and all the other ones are perfectly healthy.

Here are some pictures so you know what i'm talking about. It looks like the leg is broken but they just all of a sudden cant control it so everytime they step it moves backwards like that.
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GeckoCrossing

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Hampton, GA
Temp fluctuations in the incubator? Or a genetic fault in the parents passed on to some babies?
Is it causing them to not eat? That bottom one looks emaciated.
 

M_surinamensis

Shillelagh Law
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They are still eating just fine.

Eating what, exactly?

Because... Look, I'm not offering to diagnose your animals. That's impossible to do responsibly based on some photos online; it's just something that nobody who might have the capability to do accurately would feel is ethically appropriate.

But I would suggest that you contact a trained veterinarian, bring your animals to them to take a look at and very specifically describe the age of the animals and the details of their diet and supplementation. Because at the age they would appear to be based on the advancement of their color and pattern changes, there's one highly probable cause for swollen joints and bending or broken limbs. Talk to that vet about nutrition, if that vet feels it is relevant.

And then take some time to read up on general husbandry, environmental conditions can alter the efficacy of the animal's metabolism.
 

sausage

BSc AMAS
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greed you need to see a vet asap.
the way the limbs bend and are lumpy in the first one looks like MBD the second one just look emaciated as already stated.
if there are any underlying problems a herp vet will be able to diagnose and help.
 
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