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Any help appreciated!!!!!! My daughter's male leo has developed a dime sized "pocket" of "fluid" just behind one of its front legs. I have seen this once before in a leo that I rescued from Petco. Unlike this leo's issue, it went away. PLEASE HELP... THE LAST THING I NEED RIGHT NOW IS FOR MY DAUGHTERS GECKO TO GET WORSE OR DIE. I can't find any info on this issue anywhere...

Stu

Chill out, it's a good thing. They store excess calcium that way. Depending on how much it's getting, you will see that pocket increase and decrease. You can cut back a little bit on the calcium, since its obviously is getting a bit more than it needs.

Thanks for the reply... I know what calcium reserves look like under the skin and this is pure liquid. Clear, like what's inside of a blister. It's like water had been injected just under the surface of the skin... Any other ideas????

Thanks again
stu

I am talking about the fluid filled pockets that occur just behind the armpits. They usually look like a thin liquid is in them almost like a blister. I know that in mammals a calcium deposit appears different, more solid and not varying much day to day. I am no expert, but I have been told by several different sources from my herp vet to a long time breeder who is also a bio-major that that is what they are. I'm pretty certain we are talking about the same phenomenon. Mine get them and loose them at different intervals, depending on how well they are eating.

A picture's worth a 1000 words... especially in this case but I've heard the same thing elsewhere about fluid behind the forelegs storing excess calcium.

Its calcium storage. Cut back and it will deflate.
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Brian
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