Partial Paralysis in Leopard Gecko.

[David Loftin]

One of our Females has recently become partially paralized from the back legs down to her tail. She cannot use her back legs to walk. If I touch her back legs she can move them. They are very weak.

She can move around with her front legs. She does eat a few mealworms. She has not lost any weight. She has not defectated in at least 1 week. She is housed in a shoebox by herself on a rack. None of the other animals on the rack have any problems.

I am waiting for a reply from our Vet to see if he has any ideas.

Do any of you guys/gals have any ideas?

 

[dragonflyreptiles]

Can you take a picture, it may be MBD, does she have a calcium dish?

 

[David Loftin]

I don't think its MBD. She has no other signs. I am at work now. I can probably get a picture later. If I didn't tell you that her back legs weren't working you wouldn't know anything was wrong.

edit: yes she has a source of calcium in her cage.

 

[dragonflyreptiles]

if the limbs are normal looking but not working, I can only try to ask things to help try to figure it out so

has she been mated recently and maybe egg bound
or never mated and developed infertile eggs
if she hasn't pooped in a week maybe she is constipated (give her a few drops of mineral oil and see if that helps)

maybe someone else will have more ideas.....

 

[David Loftin]

She has never been in with a Male. I was thinking that she may have ovulated. But I see absolutley nothing in her. She is not swollen at all. Which is what I would expect from her not defecating for a week. Thank you for your advice. Hopefully someone else has some good ideas too.

 

[dragonflyreptiles]

Im stumped, hope you can get some more ideas on this soon!