Sick baby?

[CamStatic]

I was cleaning the gecko racks last night, when I suddenly discovered this on this year oldest baby, he's about 5 weeks old;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8f7yWt-QUI

He walks really wobbly, and his tail tip has gone hard and black, like if it was rotten or something. O_O The heating is fine, there's no way he could have gotten burnt.

I have no clue what have happened, all my babies get have vitamin and calcium dishes, I feed them every day. Every baby is kept in their own tub.

I was thinking that this might be MBD, but I have no experience with that disease at all, so I don't know what the early signs really are.

This baby hasn't shown too much interest in food the last week, I tried to forcefeed him some mealworms tonight, but he just spat them out. So tomorrow I'm gonna make a nice mixture of mealworm goo and vitamins and calcium, hoping he will look better once he get some food in his belly again.

Anyone got any ideas?

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

The little one probably had a bad shed... which can be something as simple as too much heat and/or not enough humidity, or it can be a result of some other health or metabolic issue. All you can do is assure the hottest place in it's environment is not over 95-96 degrees, it has plenty of water and calcium available, and if all else fails you can try my slurry (which is a sticky at the top of this forum). FOrce-feeding will only add to the stress. Try simply tickling the side of the baby's mouth wiht the butt-end of a small mealworm and allow it to try and bite it on it's own.

Good luck...

 

[CamStatic]

Thanks for your advice! The warm side is no hotter than 86 degrees, and I always make sure the humidity is high whenever they are going into shed.

I did try to tickle the sides of his mouth, but he just pushed the mealworm right out again, and refused to eat it. I've now made a little mixture of vitamins, mealworms and water so that he at least gets some food in. If he doesn't seem better the next days, I will definitely try your slurry!

 

[Kristi23]

Thanks for your advice! The warm side is no hotter than 86 degrees, and I always make sure the humidity is high whenever they are going into shed.

I did try to tickle the sides of his mouth, but he just pushed the mealworm right out again, and refused to eat it. I've now made a little mixture of vitamins, mealworms and water so that he at least gets some food in. If he doesn't seem better the next days, I will definitely try your slurry!

You're warm side should be hotter than that. Try bumping the temps up to around 90-92.

 

[Krow]

You're warm side should be hotter than that. Try bumping the temps up to around 90-92.

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