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I have 2 geckos, a picta and a mourning gecko both seem to be having some sort of back problem. The mourning gecko is flat behind the neck then has a hump then body ends normal, same with the picta but the picta's shoulders are also showing. I feed them three times a week. One feeding they get roaches, another crickets, and another mealworms. I alternate dustings with TREX calcium 2.0 and herptivite. They were calcium /w d3 from the same company as herptivite. Here are pics. Kind of blurry.

Could you guys go head and cut and paste into the scroll bar above: http://www.onet.net/~eagle/picta.jpg is the picta and just change picta.jpg to mourning.jpg to look at the pics. Sorry links were broken.

Thanks
jeremy

My computer is task impaired, so anything not immediately visual on kingsnake is not somthing I can check out.

Have you noticed any combative behavior between the two geckos? Both likely reasons to have swelling along the spine are related to trauma. One, is a broken back, which, in reptiles doesn't necessarily relate to paralysis. The other is an abscess, which is most often the result of a bite wound.
Spondylosis is often diet related and from what I can tell, your gecko's are eating properly. For this though, I am not a gecko expert.

For whatever is causing the problem, a veterinarian can help you out with a hands-on exam, and then X-rays. Blood work may compliment the diagnostics if the X-rays still leave differentials in question.

If your geckos are currently bright, alert, and eating/defecating well, than there is no rush to take them to the vet. I still recommend it before it becomes an urgent matter. If your geckos are acting ill, than a vet visit is immediately imperative.

I have scene some aggressiveness with the mourning gecko but the picta is all by herself. This happened once before with her, got better ate by herself, then went down hill again. I now have to feed force feed her. Not hard but frustrating. I most likely will take them to a vet.

I have scene some aggressiveness with the mourning gecko but the picta is all by herself. This happened once before with her, got better ate by herself, then went down hill again. I now have to feed force feed her. Not hard but frustrating. I most likely will take them to a vet.