Pics of my boy Rahm, and a lesson on MBD

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Posted by Mark on March 07, 2002 at 16:58:15:

LOL... accidentally posted this on the Leopard Gecko forum :-) NOW I have it in the right place!!

Here is my boy Rahm... He was surrendered to us, but I had to make him mine after a few months :-)

And the pic below... This one shows the results of bad diet and lack of UVB as a youngster. Compare his right leg to the left, and you will see the curvature. It is not that bad I guess, but very noticable. There is no fixing it now, but we can at least keep it from happening any more. It hurts to see him try to use that leg... With the nasty curved bone, and the joint all messed up because of it, he definitely favors the other leg. I still do "iguana therapy" to try to get him to use it more... Stretching and massaging seems to help a bit.

OK, enough pics from me for a little while :-) Getting another juvie in tonight. Must be that post-christmas season thing... All the unwanted christmas presents are coming in all at once.

Mark

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Re; Rahm Tmom 03/07/02 (5)
- yes he does! iZ's mom 03/07/02 (4)
  - He is quite tolerant... Mark 03/08/02 (3)
    - but it's creating a *great* bond between the 2 of you!!! :) .........nm iZ's mom 03/09/02 (0)
    - He looks so sweet! How old is he now? np JNelson 03/08/02 (1)
      - He is about 5 yrs old... np Mark 03/09/02 (0)

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: LOL... accidentally posted this on the Leopard Gecko forum :-) NOW I have it in the right place!! : Here is my boy Rahm... He was surrendered to us, but I had to make him mine after a few months :-) : <img src="http://home.adelphia.net/~mdberger/images/rahmboy.jpg"> : And the pic below... This one shows the results of bad diet and lack of UVB as a youngster. Compare his right leg to the left, and you will see the curvature. It is not that bad I guess, but very noticable. There is no fixing it now, but we can at least keep it from happening any more. It hurts to see him try to use that leg... With the nasty curved bone, and the joint all messed up because of it, he definitely favors the other leg. I still do "iguana therapy" to try to get him to use it more... Stretching and massaging seems to help a bit. : <img src="http://home.adelphia.net/~mdberger/images/rahmrear.jpg"> : OK, enough pics from me for a little while :-) Getting another juvie in tonight. Must be that post-christmas season thing... All the unwanted christmas presents are coming in all at once. : Mark

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