whats going on with her???

[mkomaee]

ok, this gecko of mine is right over a year old, she mated went through a calcium crash, took her to the vet got her some edicine got her back up to par and after a month now just today i pulled her out of her tank to jus t look at her and one whole side is like almost balck and same for her under belly , she is never this color and its only half of her, she is a green flame morph when regular and turns a dark chocolate brown when fired up why would half of her body tuen black and grey this does not seem normal to me and she seems kind of week again to me she is eating just fine i weigh her every week and she is growing she ways 38.9 grams on 12-12-05 and i weighed her last night and she wieghs 39.6 grams, i not sure whats going on with her and to be honest i dont have the money to take her to the vet again i wih i did i would take her today if anyone can help please do any feedback would be helpful, she is feeding on cgd, fresh fruit and crix, please help.

[Dr Alan]

Don't know for sure. Usually that kind of local or general discoloration in a herp is associated with severe bacterial infection (septicemia) but if that were the case she should be deadly ill and certainly not eating. Is there a heat source in or near the enclosure that she can have gotten too close to? How about putting up some pictures?

[mkomaee]

i use noheat source i have a seperate heater just for my room i keep my geckos in, ill try to get some pics up but i have no camera i have to try t borrow one but ill see what i can do another thing i noticed she seemed real dry skin but i do mist and she gets plenty o of water ill see if i can get some pics though

[mkomaee]

ok i pulled her out again right now about 78 hours later and she seems fine back to her ol green self but im still worried she was very discolored

[Crested Lady]

While I can't say for sure, and you should still keep a close eye on your gecko just in case... it could possibly be this:

Some buckskins and green guys can get really dark (practically black) splotches on them from time to time due to changes in their environment. Usually, it's when they're sleeping and part of them has been exposed to light. (The exposed part is darker.) Kind of like a temporary "tan". The "temporary tan" thing can happen with any color crested, but the "black-ish" coloration is usually seen in the buckskins or green guys. Sometimes spraying or other activities can cause a color change as well. (Though this is usually an "all-over" color change as opposed to a change in a localized area.)

Hope this helps! (I'd still keep an eye on your gecko... just in case.)

[mkomaee]

thanks, ive noticed that with my geckos especially with her and my red one, but this was differrent than the temporary tan, it looked abnormal, maybe ive never seen her that color, could be but not sure she seems ok now but im going to keep a close eye on her thanks for the reply its appreciated

[infernal_star]

Crested Lady has a point. My dark brown/olive male well get black on the spots he has exposed to light while he's sleeping. Here's a good example, the black line by it's hip region.

http://www.celticisle.com/infernal_star/leaf.jpg

[mkomaee]

yes i see your point but it wasnt that it looked like im not sured what it looked like but it wasnt that i have a buckskin dalm., a red adnthe green flame and they all get that temporary tan, but this was different it carried through onnher underbelly it looked like black paint had dried on her, i wish i had a camera to take a pic when she was like that, i borrowed a camera if it happens again ill post the pic so you guys can see exactly what im talkin about