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Ok, heres the deal- I have a male and female crested gecko in an enclosure together right now. Female is gravid. Then, I have a female juvenile crested gecko in another enclosure. Needless to say I should take the adult female out to reduce stress and let her lay her eggs in peace, but all I have is the smaller enclosure that my juvenile crested is in now, and they obviously cannot live together. On top of that, the juvenile looks kind of sickly anyway and we seriously think its because she is depressed and on her own. She is NOT active at all barely, very skinny and slender, she DOES eat, but I'm not sure how much. She DOES have sufficient calcium in her calcium sacs. She DOES get played with once a day, sprayed with water twice a day, and gets excellent care and maintenance from me on a regular basis....but my fiance' DID get her at petco. So my questions:
any idea what the heck is going on with my juvie?
How can I fix it?
what should I do about the lack of ny other advise on all of this?

THANKS ALL! I will talk to you soon!
 
hdavidf309 said:
Ok, heres the deal- I have a male and female crested gecko in an enclosure together right now. Female is gravid. Then, I have a female juvenile crested gecko in another enclosure. Needless to say I should take the adult female out to reduce stress and let her lay her eggs in peace, but all I have is the smaller enclosure that my juvenile crested is in now, and they obviously cannot live together. On top of that, the juvenile looks kind of sickly anyway and we seriously think its because she is depressed and on her own. She is NOT active at all barely, very skinny and slender, she DOES eat, but I'm not sure how much. She DOES have sufficient calcium in her calcium sacs. She DOES get played with once a day, sprayed with water twice a day, and gets excellent care and maintenance from me on a regular basis....but my fiance' DID get her at petco. So my questions:
any idea what the heck is going on with my juvie?
How can I fix it?
what should I do about the lack of ny other advise on all of this?

THANKS ALL! I will talk to you soon!
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You can leave the adult female in the cage with the male or seperate, it's your choice. I prefer to seperate so get another cage if you don't already have one (you'll need one anyways when it is time to stop breeding)

The other gecko will not be "depressed" at being alone as they are not social animals (from personal experience they actually do best alone), she is either very stressed or sick.

Stop handling her to reduce stress and keep her quarantined away from the others in case she is sick. I'd recommend getting a fecal done by a good herp vet just to rule out parasites, as well as a good check over.

Hope that helps!
 
yeah...it helps. Thank you for your help. The thing is- the juvie has always been about the same size. we probably got her in april or maybe a bit before. When we got her she was like 18 grams. She has gotten up to 22 grams at the most, and right now is at 20 grams even, which is where she stays most of the time. I'm not a vet, or anythig, but I'm thinking maybe a parasite. Any other suugestions toward that, or the stress thing besides dont handle her? She actually seems to do better with the 2 adults, but thats a bad idea, I know....Please respond asap!
 
The lethargy is what made me concerned. The only way to ensure it isn't parasitic is to take a fresh poop, bag it, put it in the fridge and take it to a vet within 24 hours to have a fecal done on it.

Considering how long you have had her it sounds like she may just be a super slow grower. I have a guy who is from late 2009 and 4.8g! He eats enough to survive and maintain weight but not enough to really grow.

I'd say just keep an eye on her. To minimalize stress, don't handle, make sure she has plenty of foliage to hide in, give her food and water as needed, keep the cage somewhere quiet.

Also, some people like to feed these medicated diets to new additions, or yearly as a precaution- use only as directed:
http://www.pangeareptile.com/store/entamoeba-fix.html
http://www.pangeareptile.com/store/nematode-fix.html
 
Thank you Brittney! I really had no idea that there were crested geckos out there that only ate enough to maintain weight, but not to grow! I thought I knew alot, and I do, but guess you learn something everyday, huh...I feel you can never know too much about reptiles in general though haha. I will definately keep an eye out and as a precaution, I will bite the bullet and take in a fecal sample to get it tested. She has ample space, foliage, quietness, and a great diet/water. I'll just leave her be and observe from a distance for now, I guess. the good news is that as of yesterday she became more active...baby steps, so to speak lol. So, in your oppinion- does that mean she will maintain the same weight all of her life? Will not be able to breed her? Please message me back, and I know you have always been a great help to me when I have questions, so thank you again so much. Talk to ya soon!
 
Sounds really good then. In my experience slow growers either decide to one day become pigs and eat a bunch and go through a big growth spurt or just slowly gain weight.

I've never heard of one that lived it's whole life too small to breed, she just may need more time to get to a breedable size than what is considered "normal" or "average".
 
Ok cool! sounds good to me....i'm in no hurry cause its gotta be on her time when she wants to grow. no use trying to force it. She will be a very good canidate for breeding someday though. She has very distinct dalmation spots, and her sire I want to breed her with is a "true" moonglow. most people dont think they exist.
 
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