swinginuttersgrrl
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So I picked up a new baby leo (and a couple of subadults) at a herp show at the end of last month and they were all fine to look at and watch move around when I was there. I got the baby kind of on a lark since he is a morph I hadn't really planned on looking for, but he was cute and I figured why not. Got him home and he was fine for the first few days, we spent the weekend at the beach, and I noticed when I got back that his back legs are kinda wobbly when he walks or runs. I don't know if somehow I just missed this when I first got him because I was so excited, or if it showed up sometime in the past two weeks or what. I have been watching him every time he eats and he has no problem catching crickets or getting where he wants to go, but its almost like his back legs are double jointed at the hip, he doesn't shake when he's standing still, he just has a wiggly motion when he's moving where his back legs come what looks like too far forward and then go too far back, almost like they're trying to run faster than the front half of him wants to go, if I wasn't so alarmed it might almost be comical. I don't know if there's anything I can do for this, if it might be a calcium deficiency from the breeder or if its a genetic defect? He is only 4 grams, just a little guy, and I got two older geckos from the same place and they are both just fine so I'm not sure whats going on or if anyone has any ideas or suggestions that might help.
Thanks in advance.
~K
edit: I'm not sure if it matters but the morph given was RH Typhoon, when I asked the seller what he meant by that he explained instead that the baby was a patternless red stripe, I liked the gecko enough at the time that I wanted him even though I don't know exactly what he is, the striping is hinted at on top of his head to about his shoulders and from about his hips down his tail. Enigma was not mentioned at all, and coordination does not seem to be a part of the problem so I'm pretty sure it isn't anything to do with that. Could he have MBD so young? Sorry, just concerned and confused.
Thanks in advance.
~K
edit: I'm not sure if it matters but the morph given was RH Typhoon, when I asked the seller what he meant by that he explained instead that the baby was a patternless red stripe, I liked the gecko enough at the time that I wanted him even though I don't know exactly what he is, the striping is hinted at on top of his head to about his shoulders and from about his hips down his tail. Enigma was not mentioned at all, and coordination does not seem to be a part of the problem so I'm pretty sure it isn't anything to do with that. Could he have MBD so young? Sorry, just concerned and confused.
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