Woopsie-daisy..

Emily-Fisher · 03-13-04, 09:05 AM

A while ago, I brought my crestie, Gimli, to the vet because I was concerned about her growth. I've had her for over a year, I bought her when she was over 6 months old, and she's still only around 14cm. So the vet checked her out and said that she didn't have stunted growth or MBD and she could just be a runt but I should give her a bit more calcium than I usually do for the next month because she's not getting enough. So this morning I mushed up some banana and peaches and I fed it to her, then I took a bit of water and mixed a bit of Repcal in it like the vet told me to do. Gimli was happily gulping it down along with banana and peaches in between. Okay so then, like five minutes ago while I was talking to Daan, Gimli starts opening her mouth really wide. It was super cool!!! I could see her little tongue sticking up, the roof of her mouth, down her throat, and everything! She was in the position for a good 7 seconds. Then... BLARHH!! She pukes all over me. Wow, I didn't know so much vomit could come out of one little crestie! lol! Okay so then I gave her a dish of normal water for her to drink but now I'm concerned again. She kept half of the food down but the other half came back up. Should I be giving her less of the calcium-water than the vet suggested? Or is she just not used to getting all this calcium? Or could she just not like banana and peaches? I'm really concerned now... although seeing inside her mouth was by far the coolest thing I have ever seen in my life, I'm nervous that something else might be wrong now.

Siretsap · 03-13-04, 09:41 AM

you should put the calcium in with your food. But I would also suggest the gargoyle diet powder to boost your gecko. If it is a year old, you can buy the crested gecko diet one, I give the gargoyle to our babies and they seem to be growing much faster.
mix that powder with water to see if it will eat it, if it doesn't mix it with the baby food.

HeatherRose · 03-15-04, 09:52 PM

haha, mine only puke when I have them over my computer :\ (j.k....only once)

My crestie with the MBD is really stunted, his head and tail seem too stocky for his body....

Make sure there's a UV light, extra calcium, and maybe see the vet for some Emeraid? (vitamin supplement)...That made *HUGE* improvements for me...

geckoguy157 · 03-15-04, 10:51 PM

where do you get the gargoyle diet? i found the crested gecko diet.