[holocaustto]

Oki, thank you. So, it could look "normal" eventually.

[Matt K]

Many endoparasites (mostly Helminths (worms) and Protozoa) are nearly microscopic in size, and most of the time the animal will poop as normal, just have alot of parasites and/or in the case of worms - eggs in the feces. There is a normal population of these in many w/c geckos, so your vet would have to know which ones are normal and which should not be there. You can buy Flagyl or Panacure to medicate the animal yourself and save the $$$ of going to the vet, if nothing else just for prophylactic purposes.

If you will feed crickets to your gecko, why not roaches? Same type of crawly six legger bug really, but better for the gecko.

You might consider other aspects of feeding baby mice- which I would rarely (or never), despite its seemingly common (misuse) recommendation. Excessive mammalian protein (muscle or "meat") in insectiovorous animals can create huge amounts of a blood product called ketones. Ketogenic diets can thrust it's kidneys into overdrive in order to flush these ketones from it's body. As the geckos kidneys rid it's body of these toxic ketones, it can lose a significant amount of water, which puts it at high risk of dehydration as it will also not register the need to drink (be thirsty). There can also result kidney failure, or an adverse effect on the eyes and/or nervous system in general from a lack of the lipids (fat) that is found in many insects, like roaches for example, that aid in the function of nerve cells.

I am positive there are people who will claim results to the contrary, and I have seen fat geckos that eat pinkies and crickets, etc. myself. Just be certain to make it a rare treat and not a regular food item. All things in moderation, right? But I do feed most of my lizards/geckos roaches from my roach colonies and rarely crickets and never mice.... so this is just my 2 cent opinion...

Also- I would recommend what others have posted: Feed, water, do not handle, just leave it alone to acclimate to its new home. Sometimes it takes a few weeks to come around and Gekko is a hardy genus I think.

Afterthought: If you keep your entire home extremely dry and use dessicants, etc., why keep a humid gecko? Maybe a desert variety would be better in your place....

[Maaso]

Ehhh, sorry to keep y'all waiting. I took her to a vet, costs me $120 for the guy to tell me my gecko is in perfect health, just skinny. She has a fat tail, fat legs, big head...just a small mid section.

Then he told me that if I increase her diet that she will die from over eating.

He told me to give her some wax worms, which I knew already. Just one or two a week. And if she dont eat them within a minute or two...just remove them.

[cliff_f]

I thank that is what I basically told you at the first of this thread. People scream parasites to much and get everyone else worried about them. Tokays are imported and stressed and barely see any food or water for week to months at a time so they get really skinny. You have to just offer them small meals and keep them hydrated and they will get better. That also shows why buying a $50 healthy CB tokays is better. You already have $120 in a wc tokay.

One thing I have to disagree on with the vet is leave the food in there for a few hours. Make sure you leave the room so it will fill safe and start hunting. Come back in a few hours and if it has not ate then remove them. Most tokays will not eat in front of you till they get really comfortable with the hole feeding process.

[Maaso]

Originally Posted by cliff_f

you leave the room so it will fill safe and start hunting.

I dont stand around to if she will eat. I drop her food in, and get away. I dont leave the room completely, I got sit at my computer on the other side of the room.

[Maaso]

Originally Posted by Matt K

Afterthought: If you keep your entire home extremely dry and use dessicants, etc., why keep a humid gecko? Maybe a desert variety would be better in your place....

Its just my room (I'm still living at home while I go to school)

And I cant find roaches around here, just crickets, worms, mice, and the like.