JordanAng420
Vet Tech Extraordinaire
Here's my situation. I currently own 5 leopard geckos, all from different breeders around the country. I was looking to start a breeding project next season (or whenever it is they decide to ovulate
) to try for Nova leopard geckos....
Back in January, I purchased the female that I wanted to use for my project. I bought her from someone I consider to be the "Michael Jordan" of leopard gecko breeding...I don't think I can mention names, so I guess i'll leave it at that. (His initials are NOT R.T.) She was not cheap. She was $550. But she's the perfect example of what I need, and she's a double het...
Things are going peachy...Fast foreward to the beginning of last month. Suddenly, she starts in with this "enigma syndrome in leopard geckos"...which has some similar symptoms of IBD in boas & pythons...lately, it's just gotten worse, and it's at the point where she can't hunt food by herself- I have to hand feed her, and even then she can't focus on the food item & ends up missing. WHen she's not sleeping she's doing tight circles in her cage. And when she IS sleeping, her head is always tilted to the left. ALWAYS.
I can get pictures & videos if you all need proof of what I am speaking about. I'm watching her circle as I type.
The funny thing is, a girl on another forum that has a gecko exactly the same morph, age, and from the same breeder contacted me. After a few emails of tracing some genetic history, come to find out she's got my clutchmate. And she's sick with the "syndrome" too.
I want to contact the breeder & let him know what's going on and that I can't ethically breed her, which was the main purpose of my purchasing her. I've grown quite attached to her and I wouldn't want to return her, but I thought that he should know if he were to breed my geckos parents again. I just thought maybe some of you have been through a similar situation and could maybe give me some tips on how to go about alerting the breeder of this mess? TIA
) to try for Nova leopard geckos....Back in January, I purchased the female that I wanted to use for my project. I bought her from someone I consider to be the "Michael Jordan" of leopard gecko breeding...I don't think I can mention names, so I guess i'll leave it at that. (His initials are NOT R.T.) She was not cheap. She was $550. But she's the perfect example of what I need, and she's a double het...
Things are going peachy...Fast foreward to the beginning of last month. Suddenly, she starts in with this "enigma syndrome in leopard geckos"...which has some similar symptoms of IBD in boas & pythons...lately, it's just gotten worse, and it's at the point where she can't hunt food by herself- I have to hand feed her, and even then she can't focus on the food item & ends up missing. WHen she's not sleeping she's doing tight circles in her cage. And when she IS sleeping, her head is always tilted to the left. ALWAYS.
I can get pictures & videos if you all need proof of what I am speaking about. I'm watching her circle as I type.
The funny thing is, a girl on another forum that has a gecko exactly the same morph, age, and from the same breeder contacted me. After a few emails of tracing some genetic history, come to find out she's got my clutchmate. And she's sick with the "syndrome" too.
I want to contact the breeder & let him know what's going on and that I can't ethically breed her, which was the main purpose of my purchasing her. I've grown quite attached to her and I wouldn't want to return her, but I thought that he should know if he were to breed my geckos parents again. I just thought maybe some of you have been through a similar situation and could maybe give me some tips on how to go about alerting the breeder of this mess? TIA
