I have a small female gecko about 8 weeks old and a couple of weeks ago I noticed that it "walked" very strange. It seems she cannot stand up on her front legs. On the outside they look fine and nothing seems to be wrong with them but yet she cannot stand on then. She just crawls on them and seemingly tries to stand up on them... unsuccessfully. What could be wrong? I was moving her legs back and forth and it seems they bend in a strange place between her elbow and her body... Both front legs seem to have that but it doesn't bend as much as to say it's broken. Could she be just weak or maybe sick? I wouldn't go as far to suggest they are broken because I cannot imagine how it could have happened. She lives in a plastic box with a soft paper towel on the bottom and nothing to get stuck in. Both legs now are a bit swollen up close to the body. As far as color... they look fine. If they were broken I'd expect for it to hurt her but she moves around all the time... (looks pretty pathetic though). Initially I thought she stopped eating but now she eats all the time... even though it takes her longer to approach a cricket unnoticed. Her tail looks nice and fat so she's not starving by any means...
 
I have no idea what to do. Has any of you seen anything like this? Is there anything I can try to help her with? If the legs were broken... is there anything I can do about it? Anything I can do to even find out for sure what's wrong with her would be greatly appreciated.
 
Thank you all in advance.

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