I thought it would be nice to hear some expert opinions about these two.
First, this is Ciruela. She became one year old some days ago, and as you can see she is quite healthy, but she is only 43 grams! She was 45, but stopped eating because of ovulation and has lost two grams since then. I guess she's just small, but I'm a bit puzzled by this because all the geckos I have had until now (but the girl I'm showing below that has obvious issues) were quite big (60+) by the time they reached one year. I don't think she's going to grow anymore. I wanted her to reach at least 50g before breeding her but I think that might be obese in her case... Do you think breeding would be risky for this girl? Does she look to you like she's going to grow eventually?
This other sweetie is Koi. She has the enigma disorder which makes it somewhat difficult to feed her and that's why she's a bit slim. She recently spent a good deal of time refusing to eat, until I discovered she would eat much better if she had some exercise before the meal. I'm a little scared about her having nutritional deficiences because of that. Sometimes I *think* I see something that resembles the "double elbow/knee" of animals with MBD; or she twistes her legs in a weird manner (see the second pic). I can tell MBD when it's really obvious but not when it's only incipient. Would you say she may be having MBD or I'm just paranoid?
Thanks for looking.
First, this is Ciruela. She became one year old some days ago, and as you can see she is quite healthy, but she is only 43 grams! She was 45, but stopped eating because of ovulation and has lost two grams since then. I guess she's just small, but I'm a bit puzzled by this because all the geckos I have had until now (but the girl I'm showing below that has obvious issues) were quite big (60+) by the time they reached one year. I don't think she's going to grow anymore. I wanted her to reach at least 50g before breeding her but I think that might be obese in her case... Do you think breeding would be risky for this girl? Does she look to you like she's going to grow eventually?
This other sweetie is Koi. She has the enigma disorder which makes it somewhat difficult to feed her and that's why she's a bit slim. She recently spent a good deal of time refusing to eat, until I discovered she would eat much better if she had some exercise before the meal. I'm a little scared about her having nutritional deficiences because of that. Sometimes I *think* I see something that resembles the "double elbow/knee" of animals with MBD; or she twistes her legs in a weird manner (see the second pic). I can tell MBD when it's really obvious but not when it's only incipient. Would you say she may be having MBD or I'm just paranoid?
Thanks for looking.
She looks like she is gaining the weight back again. She was, however, close to 35 grams at one point - but since she does eat and gain the weight back, we did our best not to worry too much about it. We monitor how much she eats and take her weight every so often to make sure that she is doing okay. She is very active and everytime that she sees one of our faces, she comes right out to say hi 
