Saskia
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Hello to all!
I am starting this thread as a favor to a friend of mine, I myself keep leopard geckos only, probably in the future will expand my collection to other species, but right now just leos... my friend (who works in a vet clinic) keeps leos, cresties, phelsumas and other geckos... being the creasties the newest addition to his collection, he bought a pair from Strictly Reptiles a few weeks ago, they are juveniles...
A couple of days ago he noticed one of the cresties had a darkened couple of fingers, and from that moment he think it has expanded to the foot, it honestly looks like the foot was necrosing or that he burned himself but there is nothing hot in the enclosure, first of all I´ll tell you about the husbandry and feeding:
(2 cresties being kept together, juvelines, unsexed)
Humidity: About 80%
Substrate: Coco fiber
Feeding: baby crickets every day and fruit baby food, or natural fruit 3x per week.
Temperatura Range: From 75 to 78F (from 24 to 26C)
Enclosure size: 12 x 12 x 19 inches (30 x 30 x 50 cms)
Decor: Natural plants, some wood.
Heating: Heat lighting bulb 5.0 on 9 hours a day, right outside the enclosure, covered with a metalic web so the geckos can´t touch it.
I´ll post some pictures so you can see, I must add I know very little about R. ciliatus so please I´d love some help, my friend is very very responsible for his animals, and that´s why he is asking me to post this here, because I´ve told him about this forum (he doesn´t speak english, that´s why I am helping him), and another thing to consider is that there are no reptile veterinarians in our country, in fact he is a vet student (first year) and he is intending to become the first in the country, so, a visit to the vet is not a possibility, he has the ways to do exams because he works in a clinic, but I would have to tell him every thing to do step by step.
I even got to think that is this continues to expand he might have to consider amputation, but he really doesn´t want to go that far without trying everything, since yesterday he has being very lethargic, refusing to eat, and barely walking...
Has anyone had a similar experience? What would yo advise? If you need any other information I´d be more that happy to ask my friend, I myself haven´t seen the animal, just the pictures.
Thanks for any help!!
I am starting this thread as a favor to a friend of mine, I myself keep leopard geckos only, probably in the future will expand my collection to other species, but right now just leos... my friend (who works in a vet clinic) keeps leos, cresties, phelsumas and other geckos... being the creasties the newest addition to his collection, he bought a pair from Strictly Reptiles a few weeks ago, they are juveniles...
A couple of days ago he noticed one of the cresties had a darkened couple of fingers, and from that moment he think it has expanded to the foot, it honestly looks like the foot was necrosing or that he burned himself but there is nothing hot in the enclosure, first of all I´ll tell you about the husbandry and feeding:
(2 cresties being kept together, juvelines, unsexed)
Humidity: About 80%
Substrate: Coco fiber
Feeding: baby crickets every day and fruit baby food, or natural fruit 3x per week.
Temperatura Range: From 75 to 78F (from 24 to 26C)
Enclosure size: 12 x 12 x 19 inches (30 x 30 x 50 cms)
Decor: Natural plants, some wood.
Heating: Heat lighting bulb 5.0 on 9 hours a day, right outside the enclosure, covered with a metalic web so the geckos can´t touch it.
I´ll post some pictures so you can see, I must add I know very little about R. ciliatus so please I´d love some help, my friend is very very responsible for his animals, and that´s why he is asking me to post this here, because I´ve told him about this forum (he doesn´t speak english, that´s why I am helping him), and another thing to consider is that there are no reptile veterinarians in our country, in fact he is a vet student (first year) and he is intending to become the first in the country, so, a visit to the vet is not a possibility, he has the ways to do exams because he works in a clinic, but I would have to tell him every thing to do step by step.
I even got to think that is this continues to expand he might have to consider amputation, but he really doesn´t want to go that far without trying everything, since yesterday he has being very lethargic, refusing to eat, and barely walking...
Has anyone had a similar experience? What would yo advise? If you need any other information I´d be more that happy to ask my friend, I myself haven´t seen the animal, just the pictures.
Thanks for any help!!
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