sick?

[bamfman]

i think my bow-fingered might be sick.....he keeps making this wierd clicking sound,his lips look a little messed up and the other day he blew hit throat up to nearly twice its size...whats goin on?

 

[kenya_1977]

Well, it's a little vague of a description. Some bowfingers are very vocal. With out seeing the animal, knowing what species.. and everything else.. it's hard to tell. Any time you think you have an sick gecko though, it would be good to take it to a vet.

Certain questions need to be answered. What kind of Cyrtodactylus is it? How do you have it set up? Has it been eating? How often do you mist it? What is the average humidity. If you have a few pictures of it that might help too.

good luck
Crystal

 

[bamfman]

yeah i was too late he was starting to look better and he was eating and drinking but looked at him this afternoon and he was dead.....he was a cyrtodactlyus irianjyensis and i misted him frequently with a temp of 80 to 90....yeah it was so wierd i looked at him this morning and he was fine so he must of died during school.... this is so depressing....thanks anyway
~B

 

[WildEyeReptiles]

Probably too hot and not enough water...

 

[kenya_1977]

Temps are definitely too hot.

 

[WildEyeReptiles]

I've kept some in the high mid 80's, but they werent thrilled, and as an acclimation technique, I wouldnt reccommend over 75 personally...

 

[bamfman]

he had water and the side of the cage it was on was on the cold side was a few degrees cooler but when i foung him he was on the hot side.....?

 

[WildEyeReptiles]

It could be any number of things, parasites, infection, injury - however, most fatal problems are activated or encouraged by stress - like incorrect environment.

Without a more detailed description of the cage, and the circumstances surrounding this incident, there is no way to tell you for sure what the cause was.

 

[bamfman]

ok i was using jungle mix bark substrate,and a 20 gal long tank....(i was planning to enlarge the tank this week) as i said before i misted him frequently and changed his water every day....he had a hide on the hot site made our of fake leaves and a hide on the other side which doubled as a climbing structure(which he loved) i kept him on a diet of crickets(i tried mealworms but he didnt like them..)and i kept his temps around the 80s....i had him for about a year and he was an adult when i got him....maybe it was age?

 

[sikorae]

So sorry to hear of your loss, I do think it was too hot for him, I told you I keep mine like the cresteds, on the cooler side, and it seems to work.