[gecko]sick Uroplatus henkeli
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In a message dated 8/15/06 10:06:13 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
jared_morris@sbcglobal.net writes:
> Subj:[gecko]sick Uroplatus henkeli
> Date:8/15/06 10:06:13 PM Pacific Daylight Time
> From: jared_morris@sbcglobal.net (Jared Morris)
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> So I was just walking past the big viv with my trio of U. henkeli,
> when I heard a weird hissing noise. I looked in to find my large,
> normally robust, female lying on the ground looking dead. Turns out
> she's not dead, but she may be heading in that direction - she is
> displaying these symptoms: Aggression when handled, left rear leg
> paralysis, toe twitching on the same leg, and her tail is curled in
> on itself along its length. Just last night I sprayed them down, and
> fed them, and she ate two roaches and drank heavily, so I am really
> perplexed by this sudden turn for the worse.
>
> Anyone have this problem before, or have any ideas? I can only think
> of three distinct possibilities 1)egg binding 2)calcium deficiency or
> even overdoes 3)Gut impaction. I've got her separated and hopefully
> I can get a good stool sample to see if it could even be something
> microbial.
>
> She is only one year old, but she is quite large, weighing in at
> about 56-60 grams. She has always eaten well and has laid no more
> than four clutches so far, two single, and either one or two doubles
> (I have two females in the enclosure, so it is often hard to tell who
> laid what). I dust with calcium at every feed, alternating between
> RepCal Ca+D3 and pure pharmaceutical grade CaCO3, and RepCal
> Herptivite once a week. I feed gut loaded Lobster roaches which I
> breed as feeders. When they began laying, I also began giving each
> female a once monthly dose of .125 ml Calcium Glubionate syrup,
> administered by injection into a feeder roach.
>
> I'll be getting into the vet as soon as possible for either an
> appointment or, god forbid, a necropsy. Wish me luck, and let me
> know if you have any ideas or advice.
>
> Thanks,
>
Best wishes in discovering the cause of this female's difficulties in time
for a cure, Jared. Please keep the list posted.
Elizabeth
....plays with geckos....
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17.75 yo r.i.p. r.i.p.
(All Lepidodactylus lugubris!)
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<BR>Date:8/15/06 10:06:13 PM Pacific Daylight Time
<BR>From: jared_morris@sbcglobal.net (Jared Morris)
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<BR>So I was just walking past the big viv with my trio of U. henkeli,  =
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<BR>when I heard a weird hissing noise. I looked in to find my large,=20=
<BR>normally robust, female lying on the ground looking dead. Turns ou=
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<BR>she's not dead, but she may be heading in that direction - she is
<BR>displaying these symptoms: Aggression when handled, left rear leg
<BR>paralysis, toe twitching on the same leg, and her tail is curled in &nbs=
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<BR>on itself along its length. Just last night I sprayed them down, a=
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<BR>fed them, and she ate two roaches and drank heavily, so I am really &nbs=
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<BR>Anyone have this problem before, or have any ideas? I can only think &nb=
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bsp;
<BR>even overdoes 3)Gut impaction. I've got her separated and hopefull=
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<BR>I can get a good stool sample to see if it could even be something  =
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<BR>microbial.
<BR>
<BR>She is only one year old, but she is quite large, weighing in at
<BR>about 56-60 grams. She has always eaten well and has laid no more=20=
<BR>than four clutches so far, two single, and either one or two doubles &nb=
sp;
<BR>(I have two females in the enclosure, so it is often hard to tell who &n=
bsp;
<BR>laid what). I dust with calcium at every feed, alternating between=
<BR>RepCal Ca+D3 and pure pharmaceutical grade CaCO3, and RepCal  =
;
<BR>Herptivite once a week. I feed gut loaded Lobster roaches which I=20=
<BR>breed as feeders. When they began laying, I also began giving each=
<BR>female a once monthly dose of .125 ml Calcium Glubionate syrup,
<BR>administered by injection into a feeder roach.
<BR>
<BR>I'll be getting into the vet as soon as possible for either an
<BR>appointment or, god forbid, a necropsy. Wish me luck, and let me &=
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<BR>know if you have any ideas or advice.
<BR>
<BR>Thanks,
<BR>Jared</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR>Best wishes in discovering the cause of this female's difficulties in ti=
me for a cure, Jared. Please keep the list posted.
<BR>
<BR><B>Elizabeth
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