i have a male cb that was hatched december last year that has developed a shiny, tumor-like object from his vent. i have pictures of it but they're on another computer miles away. i am afraid to take it to the vet because its still so small and i dont think the local exotics vet knows the best for these tiny things. he lives fine with it, but it is definitely some sort of disease that needs to be figured out. 2 other babies that i hatched a month later in january have been fine. the one with the growth started off extremely well even with this 'thing' does fine and eats fine. i would just like it to be taken care of because i was hoping to make him a breeder.
mike m > I apologise if this message appears in duplicate. > > I wrote: > > This is a long post but I hope someone can help lead me on the right path. > I > have a number of U. phantasticus/ebenaui in 3 separate vivaria. In an > effort > to experiment with the amount of spraying actually needed, I stopped > spraying as frequently. This weekend I noticed that one male had a shiny > spot on his head that wasn't going away. I thought it was just water but I > noticed the spot every time I spray the viv. Since the viv was now "dry" > there was no reason a droplet should have stayed on his head so I took him > out and there was a hole! It was like the tissue was receding at that > spot. > I took him to the vet and the vet told me it was a physical injury (also > implying the injury looks like a burn from a bulb which is absolutely > impossible). I suppose this is possible but very unlikely. He prescribed > betadine for me to daub on the gecko's head. I decided to take a look at > the > other geckos and lo and behold, all the males (3 in total) have some form > of > "shiny" growing there. It's not significant but I think it's there. Two of > these males have only been with me for less than 2 weeks. However, the > female in this group does not have the shiny beginnings of this injury. > Also, this "injury" does not exist in the other viv containing the other 2 > young phants and 2 young ebens, nor does it exist in the quarantine of 2 > other ebens. > > So here is the scenario: the vivs are split into - viv#1) 3 adult males, 1 > adult female (she laid infertile eggs) and viv#2) 1.1 young phants, 1.1 > young ebens. Viv 1 is less "planted", viv 2 is very well planted because > it > has the youngsters in it. > > This is what I think the possibilities are. > 1) In viv 1, the males fight and bite each other. This isn't occuring in > viv > 2 because they are all young. This seems far-fetched. > 2) Because viv 1 is less planted, when I spray the viv, water gets on the > animals and starts to rot their heads. But this doesn't explain why the > female doesn't have the infection. In viv 2 the geckos are always "hidden" > from water because they are small and always in the leaves. > 3) The geckos are infected with something and it's just a matter of time > before it gets the female (or she is just stronger than the males). > 4) Crickets bit them. > > There is something ill at work here. I don't understand why even new > geckos > are getting this. I really think it's the spraying but does anyone have > any > other ideas? I included a pic so you can see the injury. (The pic makes it > look a LOT worse than really it is.) > > Thanks for any help, > > Mike > _______________________________________________ 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
