Kinked?

Tommyy_7 · #1 07-16-2011, 07:24 PM

Haven't been here for a while so I am concerned about my little Tokay gecko at moment because I handled it recently and I noticed that my Tokay gecko have a kinked tail? Is it possible?

cilatusguy · #2 07-16-2011, 07:40 PM

Not an expert but it appears he may be getting MBD- medabodic bone disease
try giving him more calcium with feeding.

(listen to others that reply who have more experience with tokays though)

hope he is alright

Tommyy_7 · #3 07-16-2011, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by cilatusguy

Not an expert but it appears he may be getting MBD- medabodic bone disease
try giving him more calcium with feeding.

(listen to others that reply who have more experience with tokays though)

hope he is alright

Well I have been feeding it with a calcium

Yeah I will.

Tommyy_7 · #4 07-16-2011, 07:50 PM

Should I provide UV light??

**Riverside Reptiles** · #5 07-16-2011, 11:54 PM

A uv light won't do any real good with a nocturnal animal. Make sure that the calcium that you are dusting it's food with contains D3 but NO phosphorus. It needs to have the D3. Also make sure that you're gut loading the feeder insects well. Your food is only as good as the food it eats. Also, its possible that it just partially broke its tail. In which case, there's not much you can do. Or, it could be a genetic tail kink...but in that case he would have had it when you got him.

bawner00 · #6 07-17-2011, 12:17 AM

my tokay's tail is just like that, but it has been that way since I got her (more than a year ago), so I don't see a real problem with that, good luck

**Riverside Reptiles** · #7 07-17-2011, 01:07 AM

Well, if it's a genetic kink, you wouldn't want to breed it. You don't want to pass on traits like kinked tails. If it's a broken tail there's nothing you can do really...just let it be. But if it's MBD, you should address the issue as it could lead to serious problems down the road.

Tommyy_7 · #8 07-17-2011, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Riverside Reptiles

A uv light won't do any real good with a nocturnal animal. Make sure that the calcium that you are dusting it's food with contains D3 but NO phosphorus. It needs to have the D3. Also make sure that you're gut loading the feeder insects well. Your food is only as good as the food it eats. Also, its possible that it just partially broke its tail. In which case, there's not much you can do. Or, it could be a genetic tail kink...but in that case he would have had it when you got him.

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Originally Posted by Riverside Reptiles

Well, if it's a genetic kink, you wouldn't want to breed it. You don't want to pass on traits like kinked tails. If it's a broken tail there's nothing you can do really...just let it be. But if it's MBD, you should address the issue as it could lead to serious problems down the road.

I hope it is not MBD because I don't want that! Yes that is true.

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Originally Posted by bawner00

my tokay's tail is just like that, but it has been that way since I got her (more than a year ago), so I don't see a real problem with that, good luck

Well it could be genetic. Hope you haven't bred her with another male.

bawner00 · #9 07-18-2011, 08:03 PM

well this is mine, I haven't worried till i read this post, is this really a problem, she looks healthy to me, her behavior is "normal" to me too, when i bought her she was thin, but not skinny, I'm getting worried, can this be MBD?

**Riverside Reptiles** · #10 07-18-2011, 11:23 PM

@ bawner...you'rs looks more like mbd or a genetic kink than a partial broken tail. It could be that it had mbd and has recovered now. Just make sure to give calcium with D3 and gut load your feeders well. You should be doing that regardless.