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mattrethy

I found my giant day gecko dead today
Sad

I am so upset but i just cant understand why she has passed away
she was eating absolutely fine both live foods and fruit lick
the temps and humidity was all fine and she was not losing weight but most probably putting on weight i had her for about a month.

i have posted some images to help me find out what happened to her

IMG]http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z256/mattrethy_bucket/mariarip004.jpg[/IMG]

note the very black skin

there was poo and mainly wee coming out the vent

she also had a mouthful of coco fiber

can you please tell me or give me any clues to what happened thank you
Sad

MATT

RIP MARIA
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kroakykaren · Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:12 pm Post subject:

Aw Matt so sorry for your loss hun, sorry cant help on why she died Crying or Very sad

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aidan · Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:18 pm Post subject:

that's harsh sorry to hear i understand why you want to find out why she died. hope you do
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Beardie Baby · Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:31 pm Post subject:

So sorry for your loss Matt Crying or Very sad

Hope you find out the cause.

Kel

lol93 · Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:56 pm Post subject:

Sorry about your loss, Matt. You must be gutted. Could she have got burned at all? Maybe your vet will be able to help shed some light on her death.
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PaulG · Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 10:59 pm Post subject:

Did she choke on the coco fibre?
Paul
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jakeus · CaptiveBred Addict! Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 664

Thats really bad Rethy, sorry mate.

Where abouts was she positioned in the tank?

serpent · Key Member Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Posts: 426 Location: Kent

If i remember correctly didnt everyone warn you against keeping Phelsuma's on Geckoworld ?
Moderators and members alike told you that you wasnt experienced enough to keep these alive for very long.

Stating that the temps and humidity were fine doesnt help anyone trying to find out what was wrong.

What was the temp ? DTH and NTL ? What was the humidity ? How did you keep the humidity at the correctly level (if it was) What size viv ? What size and what sort of ventilation did the viv have ? Did the viv have live plants ? Did you wash them before introducing them to the viv to wash off any insecticides ?

All these sort of questions and more have to be answered before anyone can try to find out why the gecko died
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mattrethy · Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:06 pm Post subject:

thanks for every ones support

Scott W · Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:31 pm Post subject:

are you sure the second gecko wasn't male too?
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