In the last two weeks, I've helped rescue two different leopard geckos from two different owners that both have *severe* MBD (Metabolic Bone Disease). These guys' bones are rubber. It is tragic.
Gumby's owner was selling him even though he knew that the Leo had MBD. The owner just shrugged it off. The poor Leo walks on his elbows! and the owner said it was fine. Ugh.
He's got stuck shed on several of his toes that we've been working on removing. Several other toes have already fallen off from stuck shed.
Gumby can be really fast at running-- even when he's using his elbows and army crawling.
Pokey's owner is a Leo breeder who blamed his poor arms on an injury caused by other leopard geckos in his clutch. Um, no. The other Leos may have hurt him but he was easily hurt because his bones are like mostly cooked spaghetti!
This poor guy walks on his elbows too. Both of their wrists are so bent and fragile that they can't even walk on them.
These two guys look like twins. :( But they came from two different people in two different cities. Two different people who should have known better and didn't fix it. Instead they both tried to pawn off their "healthy" geckos on unsuspecting owners.
Both these boys (I don't actually know if they are boys yet) are in separate tanks. They are both getting calcium syrup and gut loaded & coated insects. They are both headed to the vet tomorrow or Thursday for a checkup.
