[DrNick]

Hopefully problem solved.. see below.

[jgjulander]

Shouldn't your post start out "Hi everybody" and we respond "Hi Dr. Nick"? I love the Simpsons.
Anyway, first off, I would separate the two. If there is a chance she has something communicable. Otherwise, are there any other symptoms, or is she eating well and healthy despite holding her jaws slightly open?
Justin J
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[DrNick]

" Hii Everybodeee..."

No she isn't eating at all (past 4 days)

I suspect parasites of some form.. going back to vet tomorrow with a baggie of poos! LOL

She still has no sign of mucous/discharge and her jaws/long bones etc don't appear deformed. She can walk (and attack me) just fine but is not coming out at night. I am trying to disturb them as little as possible so its hard to monitor her. Hopefully the doc will help tomorrow.

[Ari]

Very very hard to determine what the problem could be. She hasn't had a fall at all, i.e Do you still have the rock face on the back of their enclosure that they used to climb?

Doesn't sound like a parasite, maybe an infection of some type. She's not impacted is she?

Interesting to see what the vet says - just try not to disturb to much as sometimes the treatment is worse than the cure, i.e. stress.

Bartenfeld may know as he had experiences with an Amyae once I believe. Check with him.

I hope it all works out for you.

[DrNick]

Originally Posted by Ari

Very very hard to determine what the problem could be. She hasn't had a fall at all, i.e Do you still have the rock face on the back of their enclosure that they used to climb?

Yeah, it's still there but I have never seem her climb, only the male, and it is sand directly underneath.

Doesn't sound like a parasite, maybe an infection of some type. She's not impacted is she?

I have seen her poo just after I noted she was unwell. She is currently on Bactrim orally in case of infection.

I collect some faeces today (from which gecko I am unsure) and in one of the samples I noted a number of little wriggling things like tiny worms (nematodes?) The droppings were only a few hours old at the time. I have just collected a steaming fresh sample then

Interesting to see what the vet says - just try not to disturb to much as sometimes the treatment is worse than the cure, i.e. stress.

I VERY rarely handle them (usually once a month to weigh and check health)

Bartenfeld may know as he had experiences with an Amyae once I believe. Check with him.

I hope it all works out for you.

Thanks Troy, will let you know

[oli]

I've seen it in other geckos, not nephrurus but could it be bacteria on her mouth, like mouth rot?? It happened to a gecko of mine once because she ate so aggressively that she'd slam her mouth into the walls trying to hunt a cricket, and eventually she got an infection of the mouth, which lead to similar circumstances. I wish you and your gecko the very best, I hope it all works out well for you.....

[DrNick]

Verdicts in:

*** EAR INFECTION (Abscess) ***

[Justabeginner]

ear infection - how interesting! and no I'm not being sarcastic.
Did the vet give you any indication as to how this may have come about?
cheers
Ange

[DrNick]

Originally Posted by Justabeginner

ear infection - how interesting! and no I'm not being sarcastic.
Did the vet give you any indication as to how this may have come about?
cheers
Ange

Most likely some substrate or foreign body lodged in there- she had been digging quite a lot. The vet couldn't detect any mites however he asked me to keep them off sand for a fortnight so he can re-examine them.

Possibly an injury from the male (ie biting nape of neck/back of head in mating grasp, but this is unlikely)