Claire: Hearing all that your tokay is going through, I just had a hard time even thinking about replying as the tokay sounds to be in such bad shape. I feel that it may not last very long at all.
I hope that you can get your tokay to a vet ASAP, should it have survived the night. What may be important is to review all your husbandry practices to keep this from happening again. Was the tokay quarantined? Was it inspected for external parasites or checked for internal parasites? Did it come in contact with another sick gecko? Is the nutritional schedule for the tokay correct? What is the heat, light, humidity schedule? Those and other factors may have (or have not) contributed to the health outcome of the tokay. Leann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Claire Hendy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 11:34 AM Subject: [gecko]sick Tokay, need advice please > Hi, I hope someone can help. Something is wrong with > my female Tokay gecko and Im really worried that I > will lose her. Ive had her about 2 years now and shes > never been like this before. Last week I noticed she > was very dark and had this blue/purple 'glow' on her > back and tail. You could only see it if you were at an > angle to her. I put it down to her about to shed, but > I don't think thats it. She would have done by now. > > She has also lost weight and is not eating. Two days > ago I found her clinging to the lightbuld when I > turned it on in the morning. I got her off but she > climbed back on while it was on. I thought she burned > her feet as she was walking 'on tip toes' so to speak. > Now all she does is stay out all the time, she doesnt > hide. Shes permantly dark and her back legs and tail > are funny. Her tail is curled up a lot and just looks > weird, could just be cos its thinner then normal. She > sits there with her back legs stretched out so her > back is arched up. Her front legs seem ok. Last night > she was kinda fitting. she was walking along and her > back legs kept coming off the wall and she was > basically rolling over. She was like it on the ground > too, her back legs were as if they were trying to flip > her on to her back. It was awful to watch as I couldnt > do anything :( > > I don't know why shes stopped eating or has gone like > this. I expected her to be dead this morning. She has > never stopped eating before, and has always had a big > appetite. > > What is wrong with my Tokay?? > > Claire > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
