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poor little guy. Very adorable though. Good luck
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All of his limbs look very swollen which is indicative of MBD. That could definitely cause a fracture or weakened and bent bones. Either way, a vet trip is best. They should do a fecal and may give him fluids to help with dehydration and a shot of calcium. They should also give you pure liquid calcium to administer orally to help with his condition.
He is thin, but not so much so that he can't bounce back with the right diet and supplementation. With the MBD I would limit his climbing space somewhat until his calcium reserves are back up to par and his bones are strong enough to be able to handle jumping and climbing again.
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How did the vet visit go??? Eager for an update on this lil guy!
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Vet visit had to be rescheduled. She had something else going on and couldn't get back to the office until wednesday. But wednesday at 2:30 is the official official time of the vet visit.
Until then she agreed, just give the gecko some sunlight and she told me to spoon feed him and make sure he gets a good amount of food.
His weight as of today is back at 17 grams. When weighed though it seems to lean more towards him being closer to 18 grams, but that could be wishful thinking on my part. His belly is fat and happy but his body is still bony.
Anyway, have some cute pictures.
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Originally Posted by purplemuffin
Cool, good luck tmrw then. He looks pretty alert in the pics at least. That 3rd pic is delicious!
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Just aim for slow and steady with the weight gain. He's had a horrid diet for a long time, so give him time to recover. One or two grams can be the difference of one meal or going to the bathroom, but you will see more progress over time.
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Vet visit went well. First all the vet techs and assistants were ooing and awwwing over how cute he is while we waited on the vet. :D They were all trying to help me name him, it was fun.
Anyway.
The vet says he's a very lucky gecko. He was very close to the point of no return in regards to his health with all the dehydration, bad diet, bad temperature, and metabolic bone disease all together and she doesn't think he would have made it had he been at that home much longer, poor guy.
But, all the problems he does have should be able to be fixed with some TLC and proper care. She basically said to continue what I was doing--Make sure he eats a good amount every day, make sure he has the proper humidity(and an even higher humidity hidebox) and for sure keep up the sunlight/uvb. Every little bit helps.
She's very concerned that the swelling on the one leg is gout, but is praying it's just swollen from MBD, because the medication for gout has some pretty rough side effects and she doesn't want to see that on such a small animal. So we're going to start with proper care and a little extra calcium and as he heals we will see if we need to look into it being gout.
No fractures, which is good, but it looks like he had small fractures before that healed kinda funky.
The best news to her was that his jaw, though a little swollen, is strong and working. The roughest time she ever has with animals and MBD is when it gets bad enough that the jaw..basically doesn't work anymore. Since a proper diet is important to fixing the symptoms of MBD, it's hard to get a proper diet in with an animal with a deformed jaw. Since we have none of that, that's good news.
I also have to watch out for any discharge from the nose, she didn't like how heavy he was breathing. Though he's easily spooked right now so he could have just been scared to death.
His colors look awful today, they are getting pale again, even when fired up.
Will let you know what the fecal results were when I get them.
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Did she give you Neo-Calglucon or any other liquid calcium supplement or how are you supplementing with calcium? This is a great product to use if the vet didn't give you something similar to use: http://www.pangeareptile.com/store/r...escue-cal.html.
Glad to hear things went pretty well otherwise. The swelling in his limbs really looks like MBD, so hopefully that is all it is and will resolve with proper diet and supplementation.
If he is really dehydrated still you can give him short soaks in a deli cup or other container with wet, warm paper towels. Just make sure he is always able to hold his head above any water--I would supervise this for now. Generally though, once you get the humidity right, mist the enclosure and keep fresh drinking water available they do not stay dehydrated for very long. Feeding the CGD as opposed to those horrid pellets will help with hydration as well. You can always give some drops of water from a dropper or syringe after feeding the CGD to help rinse everything down and get a little extra water in him if necessary. Just don't force it--let him lick it from the dropper or his nose so that you don't cause him to choke.
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She didn't give any liquid calcium because I was already using calcium dust mixed with the CGD. Just a small amount, not over loading it.
That mix sounds perfect though, I wish I had seen it before. I would really feel good about having a premade batch of food for him to get better.
He doesn't like to get food or water on his own too often, so she suggested the same thing, using a dropper to drop a bit on his nose to have him lick it up.
I'm actually setting him up for a soak right now.
It's kind of a blessing and a curse that his sticky pads on his toes aren't working right now. It means he's stressed because he can't climb like he wants to, but it also means he can't fall and hurt himself!
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I m glad everything is going good! Best of luck! It can be ruff but he will defiantly get better with an owner like you :gj:
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