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Hey folks my son has 1.2 geckos and actually bred them and hatched some babies this year. I was looking in on them last night and the male seems to be holding his head tilted.

The trio is kept separately in a rack much similar to how I keep my colubrid snakes with heat tape below the back 3" of the enclosure. This hot area reaches about 95 during the day and drops to 80 for a period at night. Bedding is news print (not pretty but easy to clean. They have access to both moist and dry hides. He's primarily feeding them supper worms but occasionally supplements with gut loaded crickets. A small dish of RepCal is provided which all of them seem to lick at occasionally.

All three are fat sassy and feeding well and only the male has this head tilt issue. He is also an enigma (sp?) morph if that helps.

Any input appropriated. Thanks in advance.
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Just happened to stop by the forum and saw your post. Neurological problems are common in Enigmas (100% in my experience). However, the severity can range from almost undetectable to extreme cases where the animal can't even feed itself.
It also seems to change in severity within a single specimen due to outside factors such as breeding behavior or stress. Sometimes getting better, sometimes getting worse.
If this behavior is new, I would guess that it is probably because he is an Enigma and not something to worry about. It could even have been because you were looking in on him!

I have a male Enigma that behaves normally until I introduce him into a female's cage, then the excitement makes him tremble, pace around relentlessly and sometimes even fall over on his side. But eventually he settles down and he is a great breeder that makes near perfect babies.

John

Thanks John!
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