Have been bumping the calcium and giving him some sunlight.

Unfortunately, I think it's vet time. After giving him some space for a while(stress+sick is not a very good mix, and his only problem appeared to be his weight/dehydration), I checked out his legs the other day and one seems to have a severe problem.

Here is his 'good' front leg:



Here is the weird one:



and a full body shot:




He has shed since he was in his care so his colors are looking lovely. It was a perfect shed, no stuck pieces, so I'm happy about that. He seems more alert, no longer just lays his head down 24/7, he looks around, seems to move about the cage, But he slides around on his wrists rather than his 'hands', and that's also keeping him from climbing despite having shed and gotten his stickiness back.

He actually bit me today so I know he's at least got some fire in him. The leg worries me greatly because three things come to mind--

The first thought I had was MBD. He had a terrible diet and obviously bad nutrition would start to affect his body. He was fed nothing but fluker's pellets sparingly for a year and a half and undusted, ungutloaded crickets. Very little calcium present there, and during an important growing stage of his life.

The next thought was related--if he was developing MBD, he could have fallen or jumped and due to his weaker bones, fractured a leg. Could have healed weirdly and thus the weird bend/bump.

The final worry is due to the severe dehydration. Having had dirty water when I got him and in all likelihood having had dirty water for a long period of time in their home, coupled with the gecko never being in a humid environment(no spraying, no substrate, all dry as their air conditioned home), I worry he could even have developed gout. It's a rare thing but I've seen it happen in crested geckos before, so the thought is there.

I'm mostly suspicious it's MBD, but I'm trying to think of any possibility.

So, to the vet on Monday it is.