Hello from the midwest.

[EvaS]

Im a fellow reptile enthusiast and have a few snakes and lizards.Mostly I keep snakes but recently bought a juvenile panther chameleon named Fuego.He is keeping me on my toes as Ive never had a chameleon before.Alot more work then snakes.
Heres a list of who I have.
Lucius, a male black milksnake
Zig and Zag, a pair of sonoran gophers
Ninja, a rather insane jungle carpet python
Eva and Cookie a pair of Colombian boas
Miss Munch a very sweet Blood python
Toad and very tiny leopard gecko with a deformed tail.
and of course Fuego my panther cham.

[infernalis]

http://www.thamfriends.com/mat.jpg

[Jenn_06]

welcome to the forum

[stephanbakir]

Welcome to the forums, Deformed tail from birth or? If its a birth defect does it hinder the movement of the gecko or just make him look different?

[EvaS]

Thanks for the Welcome:)
Stephan,,The little guy was just about free at a reptile expo and I couldnt resist.I assume its a deformed tail from birth.He has doubled in size in the last month so it doesnt seem to bother him.
I kinda worry about if he can store up fat like a normal would.Dont know enough about leos to know if it will really affect him.
heres a pic.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a75/gerbig4/tailshot.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a75/gerbig4/leo1.jpg

[Nektu]

Other than his tail being deformed, he's a beautiful lizard. I don't know anything about them, but I'm sure he's fine. Welcome to the forum.

[stephanbakir]

Not that I have personally done this or advise it, I REALLY think its cruel, and the colour never comes back the same, but I knew a kid back in grade school who had a gecko with a tail almost exactly like that one. His solution was to break off the tail and have it grow back, until he did that it was never quite able to store the fats, the tail was always skinny, and because it wasn't flat on the bottom, when the leo got active it scraped on the floor and bled allot.
It grew back fine, and other then a slight discoloured tail, it looks great.

[EvaS]

Yikes!!I dont think I could intentially break off his tail.Its actually fattened up quite a bit at the base all the way to the second dark stripe,since that pic was taken. He is doing fine so I think Ill leave well enough alone and see how it goes..

[marvelfreak]

Hello and welcome! Love to see pictures of your other reptiles.

[stephanbakir]

I don't advise doing what I explained, all I advise is that every time you handle him or get the chance, take a look at the tail and make sure that it's free of cuts and isn't infected. I believe this is why my friend did it, the tail got infected over and over.

[emilie]

Hi welcome!

[CanadianEryx]

Hello and welcome. I love the coloring on your gecko!! It's really too bad about his tail, although it does make him really unique!

[percey39]

Hello and welcome to the forum.

[Marica]

Welcome to the forums! I'm presently a keeper of legless reptiles, though I have been looking onto geckos. I have read about gecko owners that encourage them to drop their tail if it becomes infected or they develop FTS (Floppy Tail Syndrome) which is more common in the climbing geckos. This may be an option if the deformed tail is adversely affecting your Leo, or he may drop it on his own. Here's an interesting article I just found about Treating a Leopard Gecko Dropped Tail (http://hubpages.com/hub/Leopard-Gecko-Dropped-Tail). Also, Gecko Care - Tail Loss (http://www.geckocare.net/tail-loss.php) mentions "When a gecko looses it’s tail then they also lose all the stored fat reserves that they had in the tail, thus it is important to feed up the gecko on some fatty foods so they can replenish lost reserves." Best of luck with your little one, he is quite beautiful.

[belovedboas]

Welcome to sNAKESs:):)