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04-17-2011, 04:32 AM
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Have you seen this before: ciliaris female and male with problems
this is my katherine ciliaris female she developed almost over night this huge bump on her head nearly 2months ago and it hasnt gone away, the male also has a very swollen looking front foot and back thigh.
i have asked around here but nobody has seen this before , i feed them dusted crickets and they have a uvb globe, the only thing different i did was switch the 5.0 uvb globe to a 10.0 globe. The lumps appeared overnight. I am puzzled did this occur due to the globe being too intense or what else could it be.
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04-17-2011, 11:15 AM
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Strange, have you contacted a herp vet?
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04-17-2011, 08:34 PM
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no there is no vet around here with that kind of experience, i have contacted herp experts and they have not ever come across it, i sent them pics and detailed info, i did speak to someone last night and they suggested it might be too much calcium as i told them i dusted every meal.
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04-18-2011, 12:14 AM
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Yeah, that is the only thing I could think of also. I see leos with calcium deposits around their joints, arm pit area and neck. Since you don't gave any herp vets in your area, are their any avian vets? They could possibly draw blood and check the calcium level to confirm that is what it could be. (I wouldn't trust a reg vet, but an avian vet I would trust to draw blood on a small gecko.)
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04-18-2011, 12:17 AM
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Have you switched them back to the 5.0 bulb? The stronger bulb may be contributing to them storing the excess calcium. I'd dust a little less calcium and go with the lower UVB bulb for 1-2 weeks and see if the swelling/deposits go down.
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04-18-2011, 01:11 AM
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yeah i immediately went back to 5.0 uvb globes.thanks for all your advice im really thinking its calcium deposits as well but offcourse without a vets opinion its a bit hard to diagnose.
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04-19-2011, 03:00 AM
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Originally Posted by starreys
no there is no vet around here with that kind of experience, i have contacted herp experts and they have not ever come across it, i sent them pics and detailed info, i did speak to someone last night and they suggested it might be too much calcium as i told them i dusted every meal.
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As far as I know only a light dusting of calcium with D3 on prey is recommended 2x per week. Sometimes vitamins are mixed in as with Rep-Cal products. Glad you immediately switched back to the 5.0 light.
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04-19-2011, 08:16 PM
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Wow that bump looks bad good thing you whent back to the 5.0 light becuase if not it could get much worse.
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04-19-2011, 10:55 PM
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yes its like an egg on her head and it hasnt gone down at all, i have reduced dusting the crickets with calcium and the light is now a 13w 5.0 uvb . I just hope one day to see an improvement but neither are showing any changes , however they eat really well and move around just fine.
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04-20-2011, 02:29 AM
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I agree this looks like MBD as a result of over supplementing Calcium.
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