This seems like an Calzium and Vit ( mostly Vit D3 and B ) deficiency.
Try to immidiately give her some Ringerlactate solution or other liquid Ca supplements
with a bit
added Vitamins. Also additional UV source would be helpful.
Ca deficiency is very common with Uro females. Breeders dont think about that at least
the Uros
which hang out in the open during the day need a bit UV in captivity.And think about
the proofed
suggestion from Yuri Kaverkin on feeding small landsnails. This works!
JPAAGER
Danne wrote:
> I have henkeli feme athome that dont look to god. she i shave ing troupble with
>balance so on.
> Does anyone kno what I should do tho get her upp and going again:-)
> Has anyone excperienced anything similar.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cyndy Linsteadt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 7:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [Gecko] Snails for Geckos
>
> > Josh,
> > In turtle circles it is assumed that a live snail can have enough
> > chemical residue to kill a turtle. I still feed snails to my box turtles.
> > I collect them at the local creeks and parks. The SLO parks dept is
> > fortunately to cost conscience to spray parks. Fresh water snails are an
> > intermediate host for liver flukes, I don't use them. I don't know about
> > salt water snails. But it isn't logical to me to feed a gecko something
> > it would never eat in the wild.
> > Cyndy
> > (Who lives in SLO also)
> >
> > On Wed, 13 Jun 2001 11:56:32 -0700 Josh Klavir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > writes:
> > >
> > > I have a question about getting snails prepared for feeding to my
> > > Geckos.
> > > I want to collect some snails from the neighborhood, and keep them
> > > in a 5
> > > gallon tank with some food to eat so I can try to cycle out any
> > > pesticides
> > > they may have in their systems.
> > >
> > > How long should I keep them before they're safe to feed?
> > >
> > > If getting snails this way is too great a risk, can I use snails
> > > from the
> > > fish section of a pet store?
> > >
> > > Would salt water snails have to much salt in their systems?
> > >
> > > Has anybody tried feeding freshwater crabs to their Geckos?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
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