[Brynna]

Hi everyone,

I am new to this forum. I have joined today because I have some lizzards, one of my lizzared is a Leopared Grcko with a horrible calcium defiviency. She is my brothers gecko, I wanted to step in and help take care of her once I saw how critical it was that I do help her but my brother would'nt let me help take care of her. Even though he wont let me but I am going to help anyway. I should have done somthing sooner but I didn't. He had another gecko so that his gecko would have someone to grow up with named Skittles, she died of a calcium defiviency that she had when we first got her. She was doing very good but she quickly sliped away. I want to help save his other gecko Snickers. She is so skinny and had a very hard time shedding. I got Snickers Bio-mist to help with her shedding issue. As for her calcium problam I make sure she gets feed 3 calcium dusted crickets every other day but that doesen't seem to be helping very much. I want to know what else I can do to help her.

[Yoshi'smom]

Welcome to the forums!
Glad to see you're stepping into save this little one.
Unfortunately the problem takes a while to develop and the same goes with healing. The best thing you can do to help out with the calcium deficiency is do what you're doing. Feed dusted crickets and keep an eye on the leo. Make sure that the calcium that you're dusting with is with D3 and leave a little capful of calcium without D3 in the tank for it to lick up when it needs to. Also, if the gecko is really thin you can feed it daily instead of every other day. Feed as much as the gecko will eat in about a 10 min time frame.
On the shedding note. If you want to help aid in shedding you can add a humid hide. Put some paper towels in a hide on the warm side of the tank and spray it daily.
Here's a caresheet for leopard geckos that was written by our very own Elizabeth. It's the best in my opinion. Give it a read over.
http://www.geckosunlimited.com/commu...11-update.html
Hope this helps. Good luck and keep us updated!

[Brynna]

Thank you I will feed her every day and put her coconut over her bigger water bole with some paper towles.

[Harley_Davidson]

Bryanna

Kelly is right....that is the best caresheet you will find anywhere and trust me I have read and researched alot on the Net........

Kudos to you for stepping in and trying to help Snickers

[Brynna]

Originally Posted by Harley_Davidson

Bryanna

Kelly is right....that is the best caresheet you will find anywhere and trust me I have read and researched alot on the Net........

Kudos to you for stepping in and trying to help Snickers

Thank you I hope I can make a diference and help her become healthy, it will take a lot of work but it will be worth it that you for trying to help me make Snickers life better

[cricket4u]

Hi, you mentioned horrible, that means she will need more intense treatment. Moderate to severe cases of MBD require a vet visit for possible X-rays to confirm how far the disease has progressed. Simply dusting will not be enough and the gecko will need either liquid or injectable calcium and in some cases blood work. Many reptiles with MBD can have small fractures that can go unnoticed and lead to bone infection. That is why many geckos die when people try to treat them at home. Keep us updated.

[Brynna]

I will keep you updated

[Brynna]

I applied Bio-mist at 1:00, she is about to shed and I just want to make it easer on her. I have also fed her 2 dusted crickets she ate one sbout 5 min after I placed them in her cage. She hasen't gone for the second one yet

To feed her I remove the plants because the crickets like to hid in them and then she never finds them so when she has fount most of them I place the plants back in her cage.

[Harley_Davidson]

She may not feel like eating while she is shedding. I know one of my girls loses her apetite then.

[Brynna]

Okay well Im going to leave the cricket in there for a while and if she isn't intrested than I will take it out.