[gecko]sick Uroplatus henkeli

[Jared Morris]

So I was just walking past the big viv with my trio of U. henkeli,  
when I heard a weird hissing noise.  I looked in to find my large,  
normally robust, female lying on the ground looking dead.  Turns out  
she's not dead, but she may be heading in that direction - she is  
displaying these symptoms: Aggression when handled, left rear leg  
paralysis, toe twitching on the same leg, and her tail is curled in  
on itself along its length.  Just last night I sprayed them down, and  
fed them, and she ate two roaches and drank heavily, so I am really  
perplexed by this sudden turn for the worse.

Anyone have this problem before, or have any ideas? I can only think  
of three distinct possibilities 1)egg binding 2)calcium deficiency or  
even overdoes 3)Gut impaction.  I've got her separated and hopefully  
I can get a good stool sample to see if it could even be something  
microbial.

She is only one year old, but she is quite large, weighing in at  
about 56-60 grams.  She has always eaten well and has laid no more  
than four clutches so far, two single, and either one or two doubles  
(I have two females in the enclosure, so it is often hard to tell who  
laid what).  I dust with calcium at every feed, alternating between  
RepCal Ca+D3  and pure pharmaceutical grade CaCO3, and RepCal  
Herptivite once a week.  I feed gut loaded Lobster roaches which I  
breed as feeders.  When they began laying, I also began giving each  
female a once monthly dose of .125 ml Calcium Glubionate syrup,  
administered by injection into a feeder roach.

I'll be getting into the vet as soon as possible for either an  
appointment or, god forbid, a necropsy.  Wish me luck, and let me  
know if you have any ideas or advice.

Thanks,
Jared
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