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I just aquired two of the most beautiful girls from a kid who did not take care of them at all!!! They now have metabolic bone desease, advanced stages.

They are in kept in a seperats cage and in a completly different room away from everyone. They had so much shed on their little feet that I think they thought had webed feet!! They are now enjoing their little toes again. They were kept in a plastic zip lock container 6"X4" and 3" tall. They had cut out part of the lid and installed screen with a hot glue gun, had sand in it and a rock to help them shed, no water was present. They said they gave them calcium on the crickets only once a week if that.

THE PET STORE SOLD THEM TO THEM AS BABIES AND SAID THEY CAN LIVE IN THIS THEIR WHOLE LIFE!!

Oh my god!! So now it is like picking up noodles or spagettie. They can get around but they waddle and can not stand, they do not have full use of their arms and legs, and their jaw is rubbery so i have to help them eat.

They are receiving liquid calcium twice daily and alot of TLC. One of the females is now starting to be able to stand on her front two feet. Thank heavens for small miracles.

??? So is their anything else I can do for them and is their anything I can suplement them as far as food goes, they have a hard time chewing almost anything due to their jaws are still really soft.

I know this is lengthly but if anyone can give me more info I would really appricate it greatly. Thanks for reading. I can only hope for the best for these two girls.

By the way one is 7" long and the other 5" in length.

I dont have any experience in this, but I do have an idea. You said they have a hard time eating. Silkworms are high in calcium and very soft bodied so maybe you could give em some of those. Just an idea, sorry thats all the help I can give really, but good luck and it sounds like your doing a good job with them, later

Go to Dr.gecko.com, he has a lot of info about it.

Silkworms, yes i found a supplier but they will not even eat wax worms. Can you give them baby food maybe? Anything to make them stronger will help. Please let me know. Thanks to everyone who is replying. I can use all the help i can get!!

Oh My!!!
I've never done this before but I've seen people say this on this forum before. Grind a couple meal worms, wax worms, supers or crickets with a little calcium powder (calcium powder is optional if you are already giving calcium supplements)in a blender until it's a thin soupy paste( add water to thin out a little as needed). Then with a syringe, put a little on their nose and they will lick it off with their tongue. You can also use baby food (chicken or beef) with the calcium powder and do the same thing. This will give them the needed protein (and calcium)without needing to chew.

Just a thought,

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Yea, its called bug slurry. Grab a few of the mealworms, crickets (minus the bacj legs), and any other food you give them. Put in your calcium powder and other vitamins, with a little ensure once a week and blend it together. I founf if you actually take the insides of a mealworm instead of the entire part it works better. Hope that helps too.

How sad!!!

I think there is an injectible calcium (administered by vet) that is used when geckos have MBD.

As for food, if they are adults, pinkiies are high in calcium.

Silkworms are also higher in calcium than most other prey insects