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I was given a juvenile crestie from a petstore because he's got a kinked tail. I have a vet diagnosis in writting from the store that it's MBD. They got him in like this and he was only there for a week or so. Do you agree with the diagnosis or does it look like his tail has been injured in some way? I called the vet to confirm and was advised to make sure he was getting heavily dusted crix, but this was irreversable. Again, just so people don't flame the store - they didn't not cause this. He came in like this from whoever they get them from and they've taken all the proper measures to ensure he is cared for. I think dispite the tail kink, he'll be a nice looking guy when he gets some weight on. He not at all jumpy and seems to get along well with my other one.

These pictures turned out *terrible* but they're the best I've got for now. I didn't want to stress him out his first day home by taking multiple photo ops.

He's the one closest to the frame.

A very blurry closeup

Any tips would be great - thanks.
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1.0.0 Thoroughbred
0.0.1 Mali Uromastyx
0.0.1 Bearded Dragon
0.0.1 Crested Gecko
0.0.1 Milk Snake
1.2.0 German Shepherds
0.2.0 Cats
0.1.1 Birds (Conure and Cockatiel)
1.1.0 Rabbits
4 Fish tanks (SW and FW)

definitely signs of MBD, the kinked tail is usually the first thing to show. Although at this point it may not be reversable, it definitely doesnt mean the end for that crested. If kept on a proper diet and given calcium on a regular basis the crested can come out of it ok, even though the tail may be kinked.

i rescued a female a while back that had a very kinked tail, but i felt bad for her and felt i could help her, and i did. i gave her a great diet and monitored her closely and her tail straightened up quite a bit, although it is still slightly kinked it is nothing like it used to be.

the thing is with pet stores, they usually get them from wholesalers who have them in mass quantities, these animals are usually mal-nourished and are not looked out for in terms of calcium intake, granted this is not the pet stores fault, but in most cases the pet store does little to solve the problem as well.

i would seperate that one from the others to make sure it has easy access to food without any competition, and just monitor it, you dont have to overload it with calcium and multi-vitamins, but once or twice a week in light dustings on insects and mixed into the baby food should do the trick, although the tail may have permanent damage at this point, depending on how bad it is or how long its been like that, you can still save the geckos life.

Thanks for the reply. I never thought the gecko's life was in danger - I was just wondering if the tail was correctable with proper supplements. Either way, it's no big deal if his tail is kinked or not. I took him knowing it was most likely premenant.

He took some baby food off a spoon today, so I'm glad to see he's at least willing to eat. Right now's he got just CGC in the cage and I'll supplement with calcium/baby food every day or so.
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1.0.0 Thoroughbred
0.0.1 Mali Uromastyx
0.0.1 Bearded Dragon
0.0.1 Crested Gecko
0.0.1 Milk Snake
1.2.0 German Shepherds
0.2.0 Cats
0.1.1 Birds (Conure and Cockatiel)
1.1.0 Rabbits
4 Fish tanks (SW and FW)