Possible Calcium Problem U. phantasticus

[klondike4001]

One of my females has a very large bump where her calc sac should be, the pic is a top down to show the size contrasts. The question is, too much calcium, or is it something else?

She seems a bit hindered in her front legs when walking. The bump is hard but she deosn't seem to recoil when it's touched.

 

[furcifer]

It´s propably not a calc sac. At my animals I never saw somthing like this. It could be an infection..............

 

[Reptiluvr]

I don't believe the bump should be hard. Calcium sacs I have seen in U. phantasticus were "squishy". I can't really speculate what the problem might be though.

 

[geckosrus]

That definitely looks too large to be a calcium sac. Could it be some sort of tumor...can geckos even get tumors? Some of my female henks have gotten enormous calcium sacs but they have never looked like that.

 

[klondike4001]

I've begun to think tumor. The unfortunate thing is the only doctor in the area who knew Uroplatus has left the country for a better paying job. And I cringe to think of a doctor who doesn't know Uroplatus putting a scalpel anywhere near it's neck. If the gecko appears to be in pain or stops eating I think I just may put her out of her misery. I'm open to suggestions.

Thanks,

 

[Protean]

...yea, no offense but i beg to differ with your decision. just because a vet doesn't know uroplatus does not mean that they cannot identify an issue. I tend to be one of the more skeptical people when it comes to seeing vets but when its an issue of this potential magnitude, I find the best possible vet in my area for that particular field of interest and have them do they can to help. No animal is not worth that.

 

[klondike4001]

The last vet I saw in town who was supposedly one of the best, thought the tail of my phantasticus was a deformity and needed to be removed.....