Worried...

[ManUtd]

So ive had my four little girls for a couple of months now and they were doing pretty minus well the smallest one. Ever since i got her (Tiny, the smallest one) she was significantly smaller than the others and she still has not grown. She weighed about 3-5g last i checked, ill have to check again when i get home though (also ill take some pictures and show some before/after shots of all of them and their tails). But she is in her own cage without the others around. As for the others, they seem to be getting smaller (their tails), i constantly have food in their cages; mealies, roaches, crickets, and occasionally waxies. Ive seen the oldest one eat a couple roaches and crickets but she still looks small. Her tail is noticeably smaller than when i got her. All of theirs tails are. When i got them they all were eating a lot and doing really well, but now they dont eat as much and arent looking too good. I did have to separate one of them from the other two because she looked like was getting picked on by the oldest. I have her in a little bin and am getting two new tanks for them this weekend. I have some reptaid that i got for another leo that passed away but i dont know if thatll work for any of them. Also i have slurry left over from that, not really sure how long that stuff is good for though, it is still frozen. If anyone has any advice or tips or anything please let me know. I dont want to lose these girls. Also, i dont have the kind of money to take them to the vet right now...

If you have any other questions, please ask them

Thanks,
-Kale

 

[thestack510]

I would check your temps first and then consider that they may have parasites.

 

[GeckoTrouble]

Where did you get them from?
As a matter of course I get fecals done for parasites for any new reptile. Even if treated in the past, it can show negative in the fecal and show up later.

 

[ManUtd]

temps are mid to high 90s on the warm side. i use an under tank heater.

i got them from a breeder that i found on this site.

 

[ManUtd]

anybody..?

 

[ManUtd]

Someone help please! Also, new update, there has been like one or two crickets that look to have been thrown up. Whats that mean?

 

[adam&nikki]

are they all housed together? if not separate the small one into her own tank the bigger ones could be macking her nervous and she might not be eating becuz of this what size of crickets are you feeding her also have you thought of giving her mealworms?

 

[ReptarNDukeNukem]

That means take them to the vet asap.

 

[adam&nikki]

sorry i should have read the rest of the post befor starting to type

also you should mail the breeder that you got them from see if mabe they were feed differnt things befor you got them and ask if they were housed together i know when i got some females that i bought off some one they were hosued together and i separated them and they both went off the feed even thou many reptiles never bond i do believe that in some cases capive breed reptiles could develop a bond with another one and if you seprate them they could go into a depresion like state just a thought and again im very sorry about the above post i really have to read then type lol

 

[sammer021486]

just out of curiosity how did you clean your tank, hides, substrate, bowls, etc, after the gecko you had from the pet store? I saw in your posting history that you got the 4 new geckos 9 days after the posting of the ill one.

On another note does anyone smoke or use heavily scented perfumes, colognes, air fresheners?

How are you providing the water? Straight from the tap, bottled, dechlorinated tap water, etc?

How are you controlling your temperatures and where is the thermometer's probe placed?

How big is the tank that you currently have the most in. I do recommend separating them, even if they are from a breeder who has good leopard geckos, because things can happen and once the 60 or 90 period of separation is over, you could try introducing them back together.

A regurge can occur for a few reasons, either the gecko is impacted, too cold to digest the food and it is rotting in their gut, or it ate too much.

Not meaning to be harsh, but there has to be something that is happening that is causing now 5 geckos to become ill. The more information that you provide to the forum's community the better off they will be able to help you.

 

[ManUtd]

are they all housed together? if not separate the small one into her own tank the bigger ones could be macking her nervous and she might not be eating becuz of this what size of crickets are you feeding her also have you thought of giving her mealworms?

two live together, and two are by themselves. the two that are together seem to be getting along pretty well. i didnt see a need to seperate them.

i just got some larger crickets to see if they would want them more but i have always been getting small crickets. and i do have mealies in there all the time.