not really moving...

[Kay26]

My gecko shedded a few days ago and the skin got stuck around her arm like a tourniquet and she favored her arm a bit by not really using it; kind of dragging it. I was scared so i helped her remove the skin (all her other skin was gone and she had the skin in this positon for a couple hours before seeing her favor the arm) Ever since she has not come out of her moss hide, hasn't eaten, drank, pooped, and barely any movement from her. Today I took the top off of her hide and kept it off. She looked up at me for a few seconds and just laid her head down. Tonight she came out of her hide but just lays next to it with he head resting on the water dish. she has a heat light and a heating pad, the temperatures are at 85-90 on the warm side and about 75-80 on the cool side. She is on repti-carpet if that helps. Should I be worried??

 

[Rejoice in the Lord]

Is she listless kind of not moving? With no energy and no alertness? How does she respond when you handle her? If you know of positions or particular bits of handling that she use to react strongly to, how is she reacting to that type of handling now? (Such as both my geckos hate it when I cup my hand around them to restrain them. I guess they feel trapped, and they will wiggle and fight to try and get away.)

What was her typical behavior before this?

What kind of thermometer are you using to measure her temps? Exactly where in the tank are you measuring them?

It may be that she needs the temps to be raised up a few more degrees. Try get them up to 90-94, and see if that helps.

 

[Kay26]

She used to come out of her hide when I called her and she stopped, so I checked on her and she wouldn't really move. Usually when I took the top off she would move around or climb out but she didn't. I took her out and usually she would climb up on my hand but she just put her head down. When she comes out of her tanks she is always climbing, this time she just laid there. I did notice that her right arm is swollen where the skin was stuck, also I noticed she has a lump on her back leg now. I dipped meal worms in calcium/d3 powder and she ate two of them like she had never eaten before. She isn't skinny though, she is a very nice size. As for the temperatures, my thermometers aren't the greatest and the floor of the tank on the warm side is probably warmer. Last night though, once I put her down she moved a few inches and just laid down. she really hasn't moved anymore except a few inches to go to the bathroom and back to the position she was in last night.
Could it be MBD?

 

[fallen_angel]

is there any way that she could have broken her leg or anything? can you post some pics?

 

[Kay26]

That is her front leg, the one that had the skin stuck.

that is her back leg that I'm worried about.



I am taking her to the doctor to at 2. I got the earliest visit so.

 

[GypsyKundie]

let us know what it is - good luck

 

[Kay26]

So the vet told me that it is MBD. For right now I have to give her liquid calcium and actually feed her A/D wet dog food since she is not eating. Also I have to hand feed her until she can start eating on her own.

 

[fallen_angel]

Best wishes to you and her, I hope everything turns out okay!!!!