MBD

[frost1375]

One of my geckos has MBD in his front legs. He can still walk, but his arms are crooked. The vet gave me some liquid calcium to give him once a day. This is also on top of the calcium powder I give with his food. This was sometime in the fall/winter '06. I was hoping that the MBD would improve, but it has stayed the same and thankfully not gotten worse. Can MBD be reversed or is there anything else I can do for the gecko? Any information, let me know

 

[Kotsay1414]

One of my geckos has MBD in his front legs. He can still walk, but his arms are crooked. The vet gave me some liquid calcium to give him once a day. This is also on top of the calcium powder I give with his food. This was sometime in the fall/winter '06. I was hoping that the MBD would improve, but it has stayed the same and thankfully not gotten worse. Can MBD be reversed or is there anything else I can do for the gecko? Any information, let me know

From what I know, MBD cannot be reversed. The only thing which can be done is to make sure you keep up on the calcium.

 

[Malibu Barbie]

If its in the early stages it can be inproved, but never really cured. I have a female that i adopted when very young, she has gotten better, but still have very crooked frontlegs.

 

[frost1375]

I just feel so bad for the little guy. He's definitely not in pain and is living a normal life, I just feel bad that his arms are like that. I wish there was more I could do. But thanks for the responses.

 

[Alusdra]

The condition is only cured in that the bones are no longer soft. They stay broken and malformed, though. As long as your gecko can eat and get around ok, then he should be fine. I would definitely not breed that gecko, though (if he even can do the proper contortions...) My gecko Pathetic aka Kermit has MBD when he was little. He still has a crooked spine, crumpled up little front legs and his jaw is droopy, but he gets around great, eats... even bosses around my healthy two. He seems completely content with life and is now over 7 years old. So don't worry about it, you did the best you could for him. Just no ledges or climbing, eh?

 

[Gecko]

If it's a male then breeding it shouldn't really be an issue. Sperm doesn't take up a massive calcium reserve and I doubt it's genetic.

 

[Alusdra]

I was thinking more along the lines of being physically able to do it- don't they do crazy contortions and such? (I don't breed geckos, so I have no idea). Obviously for a female you wouldn't want to breed as the bones in the pelvic region might have gotten deformed then she would egg bind, or possibly relapse with the calcium demands...