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Hi guys, I have a female tokay who is about 2-4 years old. She's been laying eggs lately (I have a pair in a 120gal cage) and eats just fine. She has lost her tail to a mysterious circumstance (the tail is nowhere to be found...could she have eaten it herself?).

The area is healing over, but there is a strange piece of green slimy looking stuff on it. It is hard, and is sort of a teal or green color (like a tomato hornworm). I touched it and it doesnt seem to hurt her...

The question is,
a) does anyone know what this might be?
b) How long should it take a gecko of this age to regenerate (if at all)? Any tips you guys can give to help her out?

Thanks in advance!

First off if the male is with the female I will bet that he tried to mate, she refused and a small fight followed inwhich he bit her tail off. Maybe ate it or its in the tank bottom somewhere. If shes not with the male then that is a great mistery.
The tail will heal, your descrition sounds normal to me. Depending on how fat the tail was and where it was severed at will depend on how it grows back. If the tail was very fat and she lost about half of it, it may grow back just a little short stump. Most the time they grow back long and besides a little color difference you can hardly tell.
I've never kept records of these types of events but it should be done growing back within a couple months. within a couple weeks you should see signs of new growth or sooner. Be sure to give plenty of vitamins and calcium to help with the new growth.
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Thanks! I also speculated that he bit it off...I've been giving her an extra pinkie to help with the diet as well as dusting more often. The tail was big, and she lost pretty much all of it which is why I figured the pinkie would help get her some fat back.