Big Black Spot on new leo HELP!!!!

[lovemyleopardgeckos]

Hey guys, so i got a new leo about 4 or 5 weeks ago :biggrin: it is a baby leo and i noticed that she is very skinny and from the pictures i got of her at petsmart she was the runt of the clutch. but there is a big black spot on her belly.
i took her to petsmart and showed them her belly but they said she was not sick. so i looked it up and learned that it is normal for hatchlings to have it she looked and still looks like a hatchling. all the other leos in petsmart were as big as a 3 or 4 month old geckos. please help! but i did notice something strange about it when i got her it was where her chest is and moved down to her abdomen. i think the black spot is her organs and she has a little teeny tiny blue spot which i think is impaction but i can help her puke it up. thanks! P.S. DO NOT tell me to go to the vet because i dont have the money for it and my parents say if i cant pay for it then she is not going to the vet and i hardly have 2 dollars!

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

lovemyleopardgeckos ~

Thank you for sharing some good pictures of your leo's belly. The pictures have me very worried and are not normal. Organs do not usually look black. "Teeny tiny blue spot" not good.

Her tail is extremely skinny. Leos in normal condition store fat in their tails. Your leo has no fat there ;-(. She is not digesting her food at all :-(.

If this is impaction with proper hydration and temperatures she might be able to pass it, but it is extremely important to ACT NOW.

Petsmart often has vets who back up purchases from Petsmart. If you noticed these things from the beginning...also not good.

Without proper heat so that she can digest, your leo will not live much longer. Please show your GU posts to your parents.

Please continue posting on your thread. Many more people see your posts there than on these blogs.

 

[lovemyleopardgeckos]

hey Eliza, um i think she actually is digesting her food because she poops once a day and eats crickets like crazy! and i know she is skinny but i am actually thinking of buying waxworms and this is weird because she acts just like a healthy gecko yet she dosent look like one

 

[lovemyleopardgeckos]

oh and also i studied her belly closely and the spot is actually red so i think it will be ok my friend actually has a leo that used to be just as skinny and she is now very fat she said she just fed her every day and it got fat

 

[lovemyleopardgeckos]

i think she will be okay but i will see if i can bring her to the vet at petsmart.Any idea how much the vet at petsmart costs?

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

i think she will be okay but i will see if i can bring her to the vet at petsmart.Any idea how much the vet at petsmart costs?

Don't feed her any waxworms. Waxworms are pure fat---no nutrition at all!!! Like humans eating Baskin-Robbins ice cream :-(.

Good idea to take her in to see a Petsmart vet asap. I don't know the cost, but you could easily phone Petsmart. What size was she when you bought her? any pictures?

When did you get her?

How many and what size/age crickets are you feeding her? Perhaps she needs more crickets??? How often? Are you lightly dusting her crickets with calcium with vitamin D3? Are you using a multivitamin?

 

[lovemyleopardgeckos]

i got her on june 8 and she is the same size as when i bought her. i don't have enough money for waxworms and i need to buy more crickets. i will phone petsmart because we are most likely going to petsmart today. thanks for the help and also i am dusting her food with calcium. you are a great help when it comes to geckos:biggrin:

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

i got her on june 8 and she is the same size as when i bought her. i don't have enough money for waxworms and i need to buy more crickets. i will phone petsmart because we are most likely going to petsmart today. thanks for the help and also i am dusting her food with calcium. you are a great help when it comes to geckos:biggrin:

If you noticed her belly problem right away, and already mentioned this to Petsmart, perhaps you can return her for a healthy gecko? These stores have policies in place if they sell unhealthy critters.

Please tell me exactly what brand of calcium you use and what type. Plain calcium or with vitamin D3? At any rate, the calcium is NOT meant to be dusted at every feeding.

Eating and remaining skinny is a very bad sign .

 

[lovemyleopardgeckos]

she died 2 nights ago but i got a new one! this one is healthy! they checked her belly ,face etc to make sure she was healthy.:yahoo:

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

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Please tell me exactly what brand of calcium you use and what type. Plain calcium or with vitamin D3? At any rate, the calcium is NOT meant to be dusted at every feeding.
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Do you have plain calcium powder or calcium with vitamin D3? What brand?

Important questions!

Have you sterilized the tank Gwendolen was in with a 10% bleach solution, ammonia too (not at the same time), including boiling the furnishings? If Gwendolen had crypto, a very serious disease, the cage might be a real problem!

Please tell me whether Petsmart told you that any of their geckos died recently like Gwen did!

So you have a brand new leo Dexter, Waffle, Raptor, and Zippy?

Zippy Cam

 

[efrom]

i am sorry she died. i also purchased my gecko at petsmart and do not believe that they are properly treated there which is a shame. mine needed vetcare it got better and not even 5days later almost died, I am afraid of loosing him/her hope all goes well with your new gecko.

 

[lovemyleopardgeckos]

i got one yesterday from petsmart and he is perfectly healthy!:biggrin:

 

[lovemyleopardgeckos]

i have to buy new calcium but i do have a little sample of no d3 calcium that actually has a lot in it !

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

i have to buy new calcium but i do have a little sample of no d3 calcium that actually has a lot in it !

Get Zoo Med Repti-Calcium with D3 and Zoo Med's Reptivite with D3/A acetate. Use the Reptivite no more than 1x per week and the Repti-Calcium with D3 1x per week.

Other brand vitamins contain way tooooooo much vitamin D3!

New leo Dexter, Waffle, Raptor, and Zippy need Reptivite for the vitamin A acetate which is important for healthy eyes and skin.

 

[lovemyleopardgeckos]

got it! but first i need some money because i need to buy more mealworms,(they have had crickets for 2 weeks now) and i will try to buy reptivite,wait ! i already have lots of reptivite in the bowl i use for their feeding! but i think i will still buy it and i will get the zoo med repti calcium thanks!

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

got it! but first i need some money because i need to buy more mealworms,(they have had crickets for 2 weeks now) and i will try to buy reptivite,wait ! i already have lots of reptivite in the bowl i use for their feeding! but i think i will still buy it and i will get the zoo med repti calcium thanks!

Are you keeping Zoo Med's Reptivite in a bowl in your leo's tanks? Please take it out right away! Chance of overdose :-(.

The only calcium that (maybe) belongs in the tank is a very small bottle cap of plain calcium carbonate.

 

[lovemyleopardgeckos]

no it is in a bowl that i use for feeding but don't worry i only feed them 2 -3 times a week and i only use it like once a week. and i dont always dust their food.

 

[lovemyleopardgeckos]

oh and i do have a little bowl of calcium with d3 in their cages but i do take it out when i need to which i only put the bowls of d3 calcium in their cages about once to twice a week