Moose World Famous Super Giant

[Baysidegeckos]

This i cannot believe, i went to see if there were any recent updates on his availability page on the Giants and Super and this popped up.
I would be horribly upset to if i opened one of my cages and unexpectedly found one of my leos dead for some strange reason.
Poor Moose. RIP
Wonder what happened?

http://leopardgecko.com/giant.html

 

[GECKOFREAK]

That just sucks.....RIP Moose

 

[robin]

perhaps moose was obese?.. i don't know

 

[eyelids]

That's too bad...

 

[KelliH]

RIP Moose.

 

[Nigel4less]

RIP Moose hope ya get to chase all the Mealies and Crickets you want in Gecko Heaven!

 

[mrcsk8ter44445]

Danng thats terrible...

 

[SFgeckos]

how sad

R.I.P. Moose =(*

I hope a necropsy is done and the results shared. Be interesting to see if there were any organ abnormalities (enlarged spleen, andreal glands, nodes, cysts etc) due to his above average size. If you look at large breed canines (dogs), they have a much shorter life expectancy than smaller breeds. Does size correlate with life expectancy in leopard geckos? hmm...

Jon

 

[Select Gex]

perhaps moose was obese?.. i don't know

I guess you noticed the fat rolls in the one year pic too.

I hope a necropsy is done and the results shared. Be interesting to see if there were any organ abnormalities (enlarged spleen, andreal glands, nodes, cysts etc) due to his above average size. If you look at large breed canines (dogs), they have a much shorter life expectancy than smaller breeds. Does size correlate with life expectancy in leopard geckos? hmm...

I hope so too, but I doubt we'll hear the results.

 

[marula]

is soo sad..
i hope that if something pop up from the necropsy will be pubblic..many people working with giants

 

[malt_geckos]

Awww! That's horrible. I really liked him!

 

[TWC]

that is horrible, i cant believe he was that big in just one month.

 

[moosassah]

I'd be crushed. Moose rock on where ever you land!

 

[paulnj]

Sad indeed, but his bloodline still lives on .

 

[bohannbj]

I bet it's just like people who are abnormally tall. Eventually the heart can't take pumping the blood. I don't think the extra helpings at the dinner table, with the "Zero Excercise" routine helped either.

 

[okapi]

that is sad to hear. I love giants, but it would be a serious problem if their life expectancy was reduced because of their large size. He was a little obese (okay, maybe not just a little...) so hopefully the obesity is the problem, and not the bloodline.

 

[Select Gex]

I'm sure there was no lack of breeding going on too, I wonder if anyone has every done research on over breeder. In no way am I accusing this of anyone, but it would interest me very much so to see how far you can push a male.

 

[DAWNoftheLEO]

RIP moose.
Let's hope that the "giant" bloodlines do not keep that same life span as him. I'd hope not, due to the heavy amount of outcrossing.

Let's face it just, like gigantism in humans, they usually do live shorter lives due to stress on the body caused by a certain genetic mutation that causes excessive amounts of pituitary growth hormones to be released in the body.

Not saying obesity could not have contributed.

 

[LeosForLess]

I'm sure there was no lack of breeding going on too, I wonder if anyone has every done research on over breeder. In no way am I accusing this of anyone, but it would interest me very much so to see how far you can push a male.

oh dont worry im still alive and kicking lol

im jokin around but ya, with beta fish breeding makes them live longer, i wonder if it is the opposite for leos

RIP moose

 

[trizzypballr]

oh dont worry im still alive and kicking lol

im jokin around but ya, with beta fish breeding makes them live longer, i wonder if it is the opposite for leos

RIP moose

LoL maybe thats the little spice of live Bettas need to want to keep on goin ;-)