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I went to feed my leopard geckos yesterday and I noticed one of my blizzard females was not moving. I picked her up and she is just stiff. I turned her on her back and she did not even try to right herself she just sits there. I thought she was dead but she is still breathing. We thought maybe she was cold so we separated her from the rest and put a heat emitter on her over night and this morning she is in the same state. Just so you know a little bit of background on her she came from FL from a guy who was not taking care of them properly. Her and two others have been quarentined for the past week but they were doing fine. The two others she was with are acting totally normal and three days ago when I fed them she was even acting normal. I have not noticed any abnormal feces in with them and I don't keep them on sand, they are on paper towels. She is also free of any wounds. She just simply won't move and is unresponsive. Has anyone ever heard of this? We don't have a herp vet in town so I don't know what to do.

Hmmm... that's a tough situation. Sorry to hear about it. Even if the vet isn't a herp vet I would still see if the 'normal' vet could do something. Maybe they would know another vet to call about it.

Do you know what specific conditions the geckos were kept in by their previous owner? What's the temps you're currently keeping her at? Given that she's not moving, a high temp might be pretty rough on her too as she won't be able to thermoregulate.

Hope things improve soon for you.

N.F.

I agree with the above poster, even a normal vet may have more resources then you do, like an oxygen box. Sounds pretty bad, I've seen that in rescued geckos, my brother in law took one in who most likely had a parasite infection and it just stopped moving one day and stopped breathing the next.

I hate to say this to you, but a normal vet would at least be able to put the poor thing out of its pain, the hardest choice a responsible pet owner has to make. We had to do this ourselves last year.
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Thanks guys, I'll keep you posted on her situation.

I just wanted to update everyone on my geckos status. She is still clinging to life. Through my research I have come to the conclusion that she is severely dehydrated because she is exhibiting lateral skin folds and poor skin elasticity. I am giving her pedialyte every few hours with a syringe. I still do not know how she could have gotten so bad. They had access to water and her cage mates are totally healthy but I cannot think of anything else it could be. If anyone has any ideas let me know. thanks.

The cage mates of your gecko could be intimidating it so that it won't drink. Just a thought.

Kelly
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