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Follicular stasis in Leopard Geckos

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Has anyone here had any problems personally with follicular stasis in leopard geckos? I recently had a huge female rainwater albino het for patternless die from what my vet suggested might have been follicular stasis. He did not get to examine the body, but from my description he did suggest it might have been that. When I opened up the female post-mortem I did notice the eggs were abnormally large, which is one reason why my vet did say it may have been follicular stasis. Just wanted to see if anyone else ran into this concerning leopard geckos.
 
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Obstructive dystocias occur due to an anatomic inability to pass one or more eggs through the oviduct and cloaca. Eggs may be oversized, malformed or possessing an irregular surface, making expulsion difficult. The female may have a misshapen pelvis, oviductal stricture, or masses such as abscesses or cystic calculi. Other causes of obstructive dystocias can be a malpositioned or damaged egg. In rare cases, a female may develop eggs before she has grown to a sufficient size to be able to successfully pass them. This seems to be a more common problem in rock iguanas (Cyclura ssp.)

http://www.exoticpetvet.net/dvms/femsurg.html
 
Follicle stasis

There is a difference in Dystocia and Follicular Stasis. Dystocia, or egg binding, is due to the inability to pass eggs. This can be caused by many things, like: egg size, egg calcification, low calcium levels, being first-time layers, females too young/too small to lay eggs, and the most common being not having an appropriate place to lay them.

Follicular Stasis, on the other hand, is where an egg follicle begins to form on the ovary and for some reason does not develop into an egg and becomes stagnant, fills with puss and blood, and eventually becomes septic. (It would be very similar to an ovarian cyst.) Normally, these egg follicles will either form into an egg waiting for fertilization and eventually pass through the oviducts, or become reabsorbed into the females body. In the case of follicle stasis, it can progress to the extreme point that the 'cyst' ruptures and the gecko basically dies of peritonitis.

I have only experienced this with one female, and it required emergency surgery followed by 3 weeks of antibiotics. Fortunately, my vet was able to keep her reproductive organs intact and the gecko made a full recovery.
 
I had an apparently healthy striped female . . .

. . die from Egg binding last year - but I don't know which variety it was (according to Marcia's description). 2 Years old - Healthy - good weight - good food/suppliments - yet bam, there she was.

It is a maddening thing.

Justyn, did you see signs of infection/pus?
 
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Nope, no infection, no pus, just oversized eggs, and I mena grossly oversized. I think the eggs remained in the ovaries and contuined to grow beyond what they should have, resulting in death. So far that's all me and my vet can think of.
 
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That's a shame, Justyn. Had she been bred, or were the eggs infertile? Was it her first clutch? Did you open either of the eggs? Had she been off food for awhile? Usually, with follicle stasis, they are in pain, anorexic, and lethargic for some time prior.
 
She was bred the year prior, but this was her first clutch of the year. I did not open the eggs, but I did put them in the incubator just in case, both were in feretile, and when I pen lighted them, they were clear. Was eating good, and acting normal untila few hours before death. The eggs were about twice the nomal size, which was pretty odd. I did notice she was gravid for quite a few weeks and expected her to lay even though she didn't. Personally did not think much about it, wish I had.
 
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