Menaigerie
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Hi everyone,
I have been keeping pictus geckos for a while now, and I started with just one male and loved him, so I decided to get more. In June I bought 3 CB18 babies, 2 of which were housed in the larger section of an Exo Terra large flat faunarium (with divider), the smaller of the group in the smaller side.
They have been doing great all summer, and once their sizes evened out a bit I decided to move them in together into a larger tank. They were all believed to be female, however one of them later developed hemipenes. Before this, one of the geckos suddenly without warning stopped eating, and died in less than 2 days. I seperated her from the others before her death. Very shortly after this, I believe there must have been some aggression between the remaining geckos, as I found them both with missing tails. I seperated them straight away, and they have now been seperated for around 2 weeks. This is where the problems have escalated. One of the geckos is crawling around on her elbows and seemingly can't stand up properly. The other now seems to have a broken front leg, but it may just be a seized up ankle. It's causing him to walk on the side of his foot. Both geckos have very recently started to tremble. I understand that this can be a sign of MBD, however I have been feeding them calcium dusted crickets 3-4 times a week, and the crickets are gut loaded with calcium fruit jelly pots before every feed.
I have followed their husbandry by the book. Their heatmats are controlled by a digital thermostat, I mist the sides of the tank at least once a day so they can drink the water droplets.
Please help, I don't know what to do. I can't see where I have gone wrong, and I don't know how to make them better!
I have been keeping pictus geckos for a while now, and I started with just one male and loved him, so I decided to get more. In June I bought 3 CB18 babies, 2 of which were housed in the larger section of an Exo Terra large flat faunarium (with divider), the smaller of the group in the smaller side.
They have been doing great all summer, and once their sizes evened out a bit I decided to move them in together into a larger tank. They were all believed to be female, however one of them later developed hemipenes. Before this, one of the geckos suddenly without warning stopped eating, and died in less than 2 days. I seperated her from the others before her death. Very shortly after this, I believe there must have been some aggression between the remaining geckos, as I found them both with missing tails. I seperated them straight away, and they have now been seperated for around 2 weeks. This is where the problems have escalated. One of the geckos is crawling around on her elbows and seemingly can't stand up properly. The other now seems to have a broken front leg, but it may just be a seized up ankle. It's causing him to walk on the side of his foot. Both geckos have very recently started to tremble. I understand that this can be a sign of MBD, however I have been feeding them calcium dusted crickets 3-4 times a week, and the crickets are gut loaded with calcium fruit jelly pots before every feed.
I have followed their husbandry by the book. Their heatmats are controlled by a digital thermostat, I mist the sides of the tank at least once a day so they can drink the water droplets.
Please help, I don't know what to do. I can't see where I have gone wrong, and I don't know how to make them better!
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