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My female gecko is acting very strange. She has been off crickets for about a week and I have been handfeeding her Baby food daily. She is about a year old. I noticed today she has a developed a wierd motion. She seems inbalanced and stumbly and her back legs don't move as her front legs. They kinda stick out in a wierd way. Please HELP,

I dont know whats wrong And Im gonna take her to the Vet Soon!

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1. ball python
.2 anery kenayan sand boas
1.1 Adult childrens/spotted python pair
1.2 adult leopard geckos
1. SHCT
.1 Tremper Albino
.1 Albino Patternless
1. hybrid milksnake
.1 bearded dragon
1.1 red ear sliders
.1 blue tounge skink
1.1 Tangarine Honduran milks
1.1 Irian Jaya Carpet Pythons
1.1 Crested Geckos

Coastal Herps

How well has she been shedding lately? I've had a gecko get kinda stiff kinda like you described when he didn't shed right. That might be a good place to start.
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-Idiotshot
4.2.5 Crested Geckos (Marty, Skitz, Flip, Splash, Houdini, Domino, Tongues, Peep, Chomps, Siren, Boomer)
2.1 Ball Pythons (Oedipus, Achilles, Tempest)
0.1 Spotted Python (Echo)

honestly you really cant rely on what anyone says around here, no offense to anyone, but 99% of us are not vets. you should definitely take your gecko to a good herp vet ASAP, the longer you wait to set up an appointment, the closer she could be getting to the point of no return. you say she is not eating, but you are handfeeding her baby food? her appetite might not be up because she's still getting fed in that case, granted theres a lot of cresteds that gorge themselves no matter what. good luck to you and your gecko.

...but 99% of vets have never seen a Crested Gecko, let alone understand how to diagnose and treat them properly. To say that everyone should patently disregard the advice of people with years of experience in their husbandry is not only wrongheaded; it endangers the very animals you want to help.

I had someone from Canada recently email me asking about Entamoeba. While I advised him to seek a vets *assistance*, I also recommended a treatment plan they could talk over and led him to become a *participant* in the process.

At some point this vet suggested that this person raise the temps in the cage that housed this already dehydrated 5g gecko from 70-75 to 80-85F! This is “standard” reptile advice that would be appropriate for most snakes and lizards in the pet trade (as temperature is a key component in immune regulation). But could kill a weakened Crested gecko…

Seeking a vet’s assistance is a good thing. Blindly following their advice especially when exotic species may not be their specialty, and ignoring the experiences of other keepers, those are bad things. Knowledge is the foundation of a good decision.
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-Randy May
www.neoscales.com
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I work for a vet who will see exotic animals, including reptiles, and she does quite well with them. But she's never kept them as pets, only knows what she picked up in school (which as a prospective vet student, I know is NOT MUCH--only 2-3 schools have more than the most basic classes on herps), and what she's seen in practice, which is mainly iguanas, some beardies and snakes, along with the assorted cham or leo once a year. I would definitely take very seriously the advice you get on here.....the caveat being you can't take everything as the truth, you can figure out pretty easily the people on this forum who really know their stuff, and then take that to a vet and make an educated, informed plan about how to best treat your animals.
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Sue
currently living with me:
0.1 Western hognose (Sola)
1.0 Crested gecko (Gator)
0.1 Niger Uromastyx (Brit)
0.1 'found in someone's garage' kitty (Terra)

Many people believe she has calcium def. Im taking her to the vet tomarrow. She shed like a week ago. I wanted to help her get the shed off her foot.
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1. ball python
.2 anery kenayan sand boas
1.1 Adult childrens/spotted python pair
1.2 adult leopard geckos
1. SHCT
.1 Tremper Albino
.1 Albino Patternless
1. hybrid milksnake
.1 bearded dragon
1.1 red ear sliders
.1 blue tounge skink
1.1 Tangarine Honduran milks
1.1 Irian Jaya Carpet Pythons
1.1 Crested Geckos

Coastal Herps

judging from the information you gave, i would also guess calcium deficiency. does she " shake" or have spasms?

She does a shake a bit. She has an appointment on Monday. Im giving her some calcium supplements in her Baby food now.
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1. ball python
.2 anery kenayan sand boas
1.1 Adult childrens/spotted python pair
1.2 adult leopard geckos
1. SHCT
.1 Tremper Albino
.1 Albino Patternless
1. hybrid milksnake
.1 bearded dragon
1.1 red ear sliders
.1 blue tounge skink
1.1 Tangarine Honduran milks
1.1 Irian Jaya Carpet Pythons
1.1 Crested Geckos

Coastal Herps