Have you ever heard your leopard gecko suffering from a particular disease and do not know what to do? This is a fundamental problem for the owners, who are not familiar with the most common diseases of leopard geckos. One of the most important is to recognize and know the best way to do the symptoms. Here are some of the common leopard gecko illnesses and possible solutions or, when this happen.
1 Osteodystrophy and hypocalcemia. These are usually caused by calcium deficiency because of poor diet. This lead to a loss of bone density, whereupon underdevelopment and fragile bones that break easily. The symptoms for this are weakness of the body, chills and enlarged legs and limbs. These can be treated with calcium injections or oral calcium and a correction of the nutritional needs.
2 Constipation. This happens when a gecko swallows substrates such as sand, gravel or bark chips, possibly blocking the excretory system. Give small amounts of oil can be done if they are swallowed small pieces of substrates. Other severe cases may require surgery to remove the substance. Be careful to offer food to your pets. Liquid or watery substance can make the substrates and would wet the food, adhere to eat them.
3 Mouth and respiratory tract infections. These are the results of excessive humidity, unsanitary housing or an unbalanced diet. Symptoms of Oral infections are swollen mouth, bleeding gums, odor or drooling. Respiratory infections are obvious, if your pet is panting a lot, or if it is mucus discharge into the mouth or nose. Giving your pet antibiotics and maintaining a healthy diet and protection are the best cure.
4 Intestinal parasites. This is a serious intestinal parasites in the intestine, which causes diarrhea, loss of appetite, weight loss and jutting feces in the anus. An immediate check of your fresh waste geckos is needed. This can be treated with medication to prevent as well as keeping a clean body, this kind of disease.
5 Xanthomatosis. This is a disease caused by too much fat intake and can lead to organ damage due to the formation of cholesterol in the abdomen and internal organs. This is usually a result of being overweight especially if your gecko eats too much fatty prey such as wax worms, butter worms and mealworms. You can observe this when your pet loses appetite and weight (usually manifested on thinning tail), but possesses a large belly. This can by food are rich in protein and vitamins prevent them.
These diseases can learn through leopard geckos often be prevented by a healthy and nutritious diet, creating a clean and sanitary shelter, and keep a close eye on your pet's behavior. Diagnosis of the symptoms and immediately identified the disease will usually save your leopard gecko life. Since pets depend on their owners, it is their job to take care of them..
