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i woke up this morning, went to check my cresteds, and noticed that my females twitching, almost like seisuring. when i went to pichk her up, she dragged herself aroiund the tank, and tried to bite me, and tank decorations.
any info or help with this would be greatly appreciated
thanks
mike

Problem, a crash, OR LACK OF CALCIUM. Need to get calcium into her asap . Or get her to a vet. I do not work with cresties, but have many other species, I keep calcium syrup on hand for any problems.

She will only grow weaker and go down hill fast, act quickly ! Let us know how she does, hope she can perk up and snap out of this. Has she layed eggs recently?
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PHEve / Eve

i went to a local reptile store, and the guy there said the same thing. i have her on a calcium/water mixture, and shes already looking better, but shes still not great, no more twitch, now just weak. she was also getting ready to lay, and i found out that that kills their deposits, she should be fine now, i just never knew that theyre that prone to calcium defeciency, so it caught me off guard.
thanks for the reply

what does her regular diet consist of?

if she recovers, make sure she has a dish of pure calcium powder in her cage at all times (remove while misting). she will eat it as needed.
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4.1 snakes, 4.3.2 crested geckos, 0.1 gargoyle gecko, 0.0.2 red-eyed tree frogs, 2.0 devon rex cats, 1.0 betta, 0.1 sun conure, 1.0 lovebird

i fed her t rex crested diet, and dusted crickets, and sometimes pure baby food or applesauce as a treat but i guess that wasnt enough for her, im putting calcium powder in the crested diet to raise the calcium intake, shes getting better, shes moving some now, and isnt trying to bite everything. shes still weak but it looks like shell make a full recovery, im jjust hoping she doesnt lay eggs while in this shape, cause itll probally hurt her a lot, and drain her calcium again. ill keep updating every few days, and thanks for the help

Hanging in there, hopefully she will make a full recovery keep us updated on the little patient

And the other good buddy (poster) made a good suggestion, keep a small dish of calcium on the bottom of cage at all times for her, and kind of monitor it, making sure she does use it.
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PHEve / Eve

shes made almost a full recovery, shes able to move freely and all. im keeping her seperate until she lays though, just to monitor her better and keep her stress level down.
again thanks everyone for all the help
mike

Wonderful, happy to hear shes fine
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PHEve / Eve