Hello all, Thinking about my sick geckos and looking forward, if this is a parasite issue can anyone give me some clues as to where it might have come from? I've been wracking my brain for changes in their routine lately..
These geckos have all been together for several years and are my only animals. The only contact they have with each other is that the girls who are not housed together are temporarily together when I'm cleaning the tanks. Peanut is never in with the girls. They eat crickets (from petco) and mealworms (raised by me and occasionally supplemented with some from petco but that hasn't happened in months). Their water dishes are filled with bottled spring water. I've been on the same bottles of vitamins & calcium supplement for a while now. The mealworms are in a plastic tub filled with a mixture of oatmeal, fish food, cricket food, and vegetables for moisture (carrots and potatoes). I did add new oatmeal to the worm bin recently. I get crickets in small batches as treats so they don't stick around long. I don't wash my hands between animals usually but I'm pretty good about washing before/after. Aside from while their tanks are being cleaned, Peanut doesn't get handled much since he bit me in January; I take the girls out probably a few times a month. They don't ever run free in the house. I haven't gotten anything new for their cages in a long time. There are no plants in the tanks, just logs, "rock" hides, wood hides, and plastic moist hides with paper towels to hold moisture. They are all on reptile carpet with paper towels over that are changed at least once a week. The girls have a ceramic food dish in addition to their calcium dish; peanut just has the calcium because he won't eat from a dish. I could probably clean their tank furniture more often and will step up my schedule for that, but their water dishes are washed with every refill. I clean the tanks with a bleach solution & rinse; I guess I should start alternating that with ammonia soaks? The carpets go through a hot washer cycle once in a while. Any thoughts/suggestions welcome. -Jessica
