my leopard gecko looks ill =[

[jjw-05]

i have two 1 year old leopaard gecko's, 1 of them (i think the female) is very thin, weak and does not want to eat or drink. she has shed recently and all has come off apart from her feet.

does any1 know what could be wrong with her?

the male is fat and healthy and shows no signs of any of the problems the girl has. they are in the same tank.

help please!

 

[robin]

first off, i would separate them immediately. the male may be trying to mate with her thus causing stress and that in turn causing her not to eat or drink. she could be sick or she could have some sort of parasite. you should probably take her to a vet. can you post photos of her? also her enclosure?

 

[jjw-05]

i have now uploaded some pictures of her and her enclosure on my account?

 

[robin]

your account here on gecko forums? or outside gecko forums?

 

[jjw-05]

on here gecko forums
im new at this sorry =/

 

[jjw-05]

 

[GrimmyX15]

I think You should put gravels away. they probably dont make good substances for them. It should have paper towels and two hides per gecko. or may put her in another tank to stop stress. They need have humid and own hide.


No Offenses. Im just giving some advices but what temp? maybe cold may cause her to stop eat or something.

 

[robin]

first off you need a humid hide. that would help the shed. i would lose the rock and put them on paper towels or tile. what are you temps? are you giving them calcium and vitamins?

 

[jjw-05]

there is a heat mat under 1 end of the tank so there it a warming area and a cooling area, and i use a calcium and multivitemin suplement on the crickets i feed them. but i have now seperated her and will lose the gravel today.

no offence taken, im happy with any help thanks =]

 

[jjw-05]

i have notuced today that she is slightly more active but still refuses to eat =[ she is more mobile but seems to have very little strength/use in her feet?

 

[robin]

do you know what the temperatures on the warm and cool side are? is the lack of strength in her feet or all of her legs?

 

[Samantha]

soak her in some warm water and try to gentaly take off the skin be gental though

 

[JordanAng420]

If she's having trouble walking, she's either extremely dehydrated or beginning to show signs of metabolic bone disorder. Make sure you dust your insects at EVERY feeding, and make sure they're gutloaded. Add a moist hide, as Robin recommended, and lose the gravel. It doesn't maintain heat very well, anyway. Get yourself some paper towels or repticarpet and use that instead.

Find out the temperatures on the warm side and the cool side. It should be 90-95 on the hot side, and about 10 -15 degrees cooler on the cool side.

If you can afford to have an XRay performed, that would be in her best interest, to show the bone density.

 

[aslchick1]

You could also use as a substrate ground up alfalfa pellets. That conducts heat really well on the warm side. Also I would mist the tank with some luke warm water occasionally and especially when they are about to shed. This helps the skin come off better. Definitely get the skin off the feet and toes. Soak her feet in some luke warm water with a little bit of peroxide (about 5% peroxide) then get a Q-Tip (with the warm water/peroxide) and work the skin off her feet. The toes are fragile and can easily break off. The skin left on can also cut off circulation. The skin still on her feet may also be contributing to her difficulties walking.

 

[mindgamer8907]

I agree, take the shed skin off... but there's no need for peroxide, the last thing you want to do is add chemicals (especially a free-radical, for those of you who know organic chem) the luke warm water should suffice. And good job on separating them, and taking away the gravel... I find that the argument that pretty much any loose (or sand/sand consistency substrate) is not necessarily a good idea has the most scientific backing, but that's up to you to research and decide for your own pets.

 

[robin]

You could also use as a substrate ground up alfalfa pellets.

this is not an acceptable substrate because of the ease of accidental consumption. also, there is no need for peroxide for stuck shed. warm water and a q-tip is just fine

 

[mindgamer8907]

Oh and MBD is also possible, but try the stuck shed thing, it's important to remove that so she doesn't lose her toes and see about getting her mobility back. If she won't eat still try any number of things, but right now her tail is about as wide as her neck, which is a fairly good sign. How long has she not been eating, and how long have you had her?