That's good to know. I wasn't too worried about it but it is interesting nonetheless. Physiologically speaking, something must tell the gecko to stop absorbing and ditch the remainder of the yolk. I thought it might be from low RH. The baby is not in the best of health after hatching but I think he'll make it.
Thanks once again, Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie Bergman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 2:27 PM Subject: Re: [gecko]Yolk sac rentention > I see this a fair amount of time, it doe not seem to have any particular > pattern or circumstances. Usually it falls off by itself and the baby is > fine. > > Julie B. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This one had a portion of its yolk sac attached by the dried remains of the vitelline vessels. I dipped surgical scissors in iodine and snipped the dried vessels. The yolk sac was mostly dry. > > > >Question: Can anyone give me an idea why this happens? All of my net searches turn up water fowl yolk sac retention whereby a liquid yolk sac remains on the bird. The gecko's yolk sac was dry, and apparently jettisoned. _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
