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My female just finished laying her eggs and now she is showing all the signs of MBD. Is there anything I can do for her or is she gonna die of this??

I'm sorry to hear that. What signs are you seeing? I had a female start to show some shrinking and bending of the tail. I seperated her for a while and upped the calcium a bit and it hasn't gotten worse. It never straightened, but she is now producing eggs that come out perfect. I am no expert at MBD but i dont believe that it necessarily means death. Good luck.
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- Dan

2.4.9 Crested Geckos

I'm no expert on Crested Geckos. I don't even owen one, but I'm definatly interested and I've been researching them for a couple weeks now.

However, my chameleon was showing slight signs of MBD a long while and the treatment was really simple. He's in tip top shape and perfect now. Like it never happened.

MBD is relatively easy to treat, granted it doesnt remain untreated for long.

What I'd do is seperate her, up her calcium supplement to 2x a week or more(in the baby food, if you feed them that, and dust your feeders)and get a UV light on her, if you have one (I've read that not every crested keeper uses them). Preferably a Zoo-Med PowerSun, or any full-spectrum Mercury vapor bulb.

If you don't have a UV light, then try to get her in some natural sunlight. Also get some butter worms, that might help as they have the highest the calcium content of any other bug.

I tell you if it wasn't for the PowerSun, my chameleon wouldn't be in as great a shape as he's in. They come in handy a lot.

That's all I can offer with my very limited knowledge on the species, I'm afraid. Sorry. Good luck.

When in doubt, just see a vet.