I believe my gecko is dying..

[Completeleopard]

Hello,

How is pork chop?

 

[LostTogether]

He's still alive, if that's what you're trying to ask.

 

[Completeleopard]

Well I was wondering how his medicine taking went?

Any more gurgling?

Still moving?

Head up?

 

[LostTogether]

No gurgling. He moved around more with his head up, yes. But that was yesterday. I give him today's dose in about an hour.

 

[Completeleopard]

OK, good luck!

 

[LostTogether]

When I took him out of the cage, be had his eyes open a little bit more today and he moved around a bit more. I think the reason how he flipped over in the humid box two days ago was he probably got his swollen food stuck under himself and accidentally flipped.

No gurgling sounds today either.

I think I'm going to soak him twice a day now.

 

[Completeleopard]

That sounds better, I wouldn't recommend bathing too much. It will stress him much less and hydrate him better if he is just in his moist hide for most of the day.

 

[LostTogether]

I just found him flipped on his side again in the humid box.. I don't want him going back in there. I'm done with that box.

 

[LostTogether]

I think Porkchop has MBD. He's walking on one of his wrists and it doesn't feel like that food has any bones in it because it feels squishy.

 

[Yuk]

There is an alternative for a humid box if you want to try it out. Moist paper towels on the floor of the cage (not on the top of any substrate, just on its own, you can put a plastic lid above the substrate for the damp paper towels to lay on if needed.

 

[LostTogether]

I switched it to paper towels. Hopefully he doesn't flip again.

I just noticed that Junior pooped. The urates look fine but the other part of the poop is a white/creamy color.

 

[Completeleopard]

Hello,

Next time junior poops, take a picture!

Any chance of a picture of Porkchop?

 

[LostTogether]

Alright, I will. Even if the poop looks normal next time? Lol

Ill get a current picture of him when I give him his medicine later so I don't constantly have to take him in and out of his tank.

 

[LostTogether]

Porkchop tried to flip over in my hand when I put him in the soaking bucket. He had his eyes open while doing it though. Ill take a picture of him now and ill try to post it later when I have time. Its my dad's birthday today.

Every time I rub his neck, he lifts his head up.
He has his head held up more by himself though.

I'm worried about another thing though. He hasn't pooped in two weeks, even though he's eaten 5 crickets since then. I've been rubbing his belly, but he still hasn't pooped.

 

[Completeleopard]

That's a shame, as you know, flipping over in leopard gecko's is not a good sign.

What temperature is warm dry hide at ?

Maybe he just hasn't eaten enough to poop yet!?

 

[LostTogether]

He's eaten 5 crickets. He pooped in 5 days after 6 of them :\

I have the night light on now, so right now its 84 degrees right now, which is still warm foe them. He's been sleeping with his lower jaw leaning against the glass so he's looking up.

 

[Completeleopard]

What is the temperature directly on the substrate?

 

[LostTogether]

That was the floor temperature. Well, 84 degrees now, and he's right there next to it.

 

[Completeleopard]

The reason he is not pooping is because that is too low. The temperature on the floor in the warm dry hide needs to be 90 Fahrenheit, this could also be why he is not eating well. He needs heat to stay warm and digest his food. Do you have a thermostat?

 

[LostTogether]

Usually wherever he is, I put the heat lamp on him. I put the day light on how. So it should go past 90 degrees now.

Huh, I found him flipped under his log for a minute or two. Looks like he needs to be watched constantly. Some other vets on other websites were saying that its probably a calcium deficiency. Or could it be that he might be too cold? I took him out of the tank, and still, for some reason, I feel like he's more happier outside of the tank. He walks around more and keeps his eyes open.