Hi, I have a madigascar day gecko (not sure on the scientific name, appologies for that) I have had him for about 4-5 years now. Lately all has been well, except about a month or two ago I woke up and to my surprise he was standing on the ground, something that he RARELY ever did. Tossed in his crickets and watched him eat. Day after day he's always be on the ground in the same spot. I looked him over and physicaly he looks healthy, and I couldn't see anything that would concern me, so I shrugged it off assuming that this was just a territorial thing or something. Anyways, few more weeks pass, he's still on the ground, when I threw in the crickets they startled him a little and he went straight for the side of the tank and tried to climb it. For some reason though he was unnable. He just kind of stood there pawing desperately at the glass trying to climb as if he had lost all ability to climb. The glass was not wet at all, and I NEVER use any type of cleaners or soap when cleaning his enclosure (just warm water). And there doesn't seem to be any heat/humidity changes at all. But for some reason he was just unnable to get a grip on the glass.

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• Lost his special touch... - shlitiouse, Sun Jan 23 15:51:07 2005
• RE: Lost his special touch... - geckogirl72, Wed Jan 26 15:16:33 2005
• RE: Lost his special touch... - shlitiouse, Wed Jan 26 15:21:30 2005
• RE: Lost his special touch... - lldg, Thu Jan 27 08:17:33 2005
• RE: Lost his special touch... - shlitiouse, Thu Jan 27 17:42:36 2005
• RE: Lost his special touch... - lldg, Fri Jan 28 11:34:45 2005
• RE: Lost his special touch... - polosue25, Fri Feb 4 15:28:52 2005