thatroanhorse
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Hi all! First post here, unfortunately it isn’t a positive one. Please let me know if this thread isn’t in the correct place. Also, I’ve included pictures so please be aware of them.
I have/had a female leopard gecko. Somewhere in the year, year and a halfishhe had a voracious appetite— got vitamins and calcium on a regular schedule as per recommendation. I sprayed her tank down twice a day and made sure that she had water.
I heard her moving about her tank last night, but it wasn’t feeding day so I just let her do her thing.
I didn’t see her out tonight so I figured that she was shedding, as she had started to go slightly pale as usual. I heard her moving around this morning.
Checking her enclosure, I see her dead in one of the plants. It appears as though she’s been dead for some time, as she has begun to shrivel/change color? Her eyes are kinda sunken in and her tail is almost deflated, having lost all fat/moisture.
I’m incredibly confused as to what happened. The only thing that I’ve changed recently is her reptile carpet (new) and I bought a ceramic lamp to provide some light so I could better observe her— it’s not on for more than an hour every couple of days. The thermometer reads at 102 in the hottest spot, with a gradient from there to about 80 on the cool side. Moss is still moist in her moist hide.
Shes not very tame so I don’t generally attempt to take her out at all. I don’t think I have done anything that would have stressed her out like this...
Any ideas?
I have/had a female leopard gecko. Somewhere in the year, year and a halfishhe had a voracious appetite— got vitamins and calcium on a regular schedule as per recommendation. I sprayed her tank down twice a day and made sure that she had water.
I heard her moving about her tank last night, but it wasn’t feeding day so I just let her do her thing.
I didn’t see her out tonight so I figured that she was shedding, as she had started to go slightly pale as usual. I heard her moving around this morning.
Checking her enclosure, I see her dead in one of the plants. It appears as though she’s been dead for some time, as she has begun to shrivel/change color? Her eyes are kinda sunken in and her tail is almost deflated, having lost all fat/moisture.
I’m incredibly confused as to what happened. The only thing that I’ve changed recently is her reptile carpet (new) and I bought a ceramic lamp to provide some light so I could better observe her— it’s not on for more than an hour every couple of days. The thermometer reads at 102 in the hottest spot, with a gradient from there to about 80 on the cool side. Moss is still moist in her moist hide.
Shes not very tame so I don’t generally attempt to take her out at all. I don’t think I have done anything that would have stressed her out like this...
Any ideas?
