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HELP! my gecko babies are sick!

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Okej, this is terrible, some of my hatchlings tjis year just dies on me,
it started with one of my first this year, he stopped eating, had troubles shedding, then i discovered bite marks on his behindlegs and tail. and efter e week or so he died, i say when he died to, he just started shaking, and was trying to bite him self, VERY weird! he had severay "shakings where he tried to bite him self,
between the shakings was he ok. and then one time he died during a shaking,
this hatchling lookeda bit weird, with a really short tail, so i thought the hatchling just had a birth defect,
but then another gecko died exactly the sameway a moth later,
and now two months later it is at it again, but now 3 hatchlings are sick,
WHAT IS THIS?!?
what should i do?
please help me.


// Dennis Olsson
 
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Sorry to hear of your loss:(
Some things come to mind for me...

1. Are you housing your babies by themselves individually or in a group?
We house all our geckos individually, that way they are not picked on by the others and can get all the food that is offered.
2. How big is the food you are feeding them?
If you feed food that is too big for them to digest, they can go into convulsions. We feed new little guys, the 2 week crickets...even when receiving them, we pick out the ones that are no bigger than the space between their eyes.

Again, sorry for your lose.

Lori Neumann
 
thanks

they are housed individually
I feed them mealworms, but have never had problems with the size before, i never give them to big worms.
I have never heard of convulsions when they are feed too large food. Maybe you are right, I really hope so,
So what should i do now then?
one have bitten a large wound on his tail, and another is more or less paralysed in the behind legs, and can not move them.

/Dennis Olsson
 
Were your mealworms or

geckos exposed to any fumes, pesticides or anything like that? It almost sounds like a neurological problem. You might want to do a good cleaning with a REALLY good rinsing of all of the housing and husbandry equipment in case it is viral/bacterial/fungal. Good luck!
 
good call

It could indeed be from an outside source. Do as mentioned above' re: a good cleaning....AND
I would highly recommend taking them to a vet ASAP. In any event, a good herp vet could run tests and get to the bottom of this.
Good Luck and keep us posted.
 
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