Hi Magnus,
I saw something like this in some imported P.m. grandis several
years
ago. The animals came in very weak and dehydrated with black
spots on
their skin. They soon died from the infection. I had a necropsy
done on
one and apparently the fungus had spread internally. These
animals were
very stressed and probably the weakest imports I have ever seen,
so the
infection may be treatable in healthier geckos.
Neil
Hi all.
A friend of mine bought some specimens from P.mad.grandis at the Hamm show in Germany.My question is about a problem that he have with these animales. It all started with problems to shed, and the animales also shed to often. One of the animales have developed black areas on the legs, back, tail and head. It seams to be spreading. Very frequent sheddings often is a sighn that the animal have something on or in the skin that irritates. This makes me belive that all animales that he have is going to develope the same black areas.
I have heard of this once a long time ago, but does not remember what it is, how dangerous it is, how it is spread and what to do about it( if anything helps). I do have a week memory that it is some kind of fungusinfection in the skin. All the animales that had developed the black areas were put to sleep, just to be sure. All the clothes I had on when visiting him was put into a plastic bag and directly into the washing-machine. And me, straight into the shower.....
Does anybody on the list have an idea what this is ??????
Sincerely
Magnus
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Neil Meister
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Semaphor Design Company Inc.
6450 Young St. Suite 4, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3L 2A3
Phone: (902) 455-0133 Fax: (902) 455-0212
http://www.semaphor.ca
