Do any of you that breed cresties, do you ever end up with hatchlings that seem to have neurological issues? One of the eggs I had hatch last weekend has seemed to have issues ever since he came out of the egg. He jumps around in circles, sideways, alot of the time.. He constantly has his head up, like a snake would that has IBD. When he jumps forward, he usually ends up doing a backflip and frequently ends up on his back, and has a little trouble righting himself again. I can't imagine it is some disease he picked up, as he was hatched in the same container as 6 other hatchlings that are all fine. He has been set up identically to the rest in the same area. My only thoughts are that he had some defect occur during incubation. Any of you guys ever seen this before? I wish I could describe his weird racing around sideways better, it's really strange. I had put some food in with him, but he just keeps jumping into it and I had a hell of a time getting it off of him with a qtip earlier, as he keeps trying to backflip onto the floor. I really hate to put him down, but I don't think he'll make it very long. I'd rather he go out peacefully than to starve because he can't manage to control his body properly. I guess I probably could keep him alive.. I just don't know if this is something he might grow out of, or if it will just get worse.

This gecko won't ever go into a breeding group, whether it gets better or not, I just feel bad culling it if it's not necessary. It's really a beautiful hatchling, and this seems to be the only problem with it, but it's pretty serious as problems go. If it could get better, I'd have no problem keeping him as a pet. Anyways, just curious if anyone else has ever run into this, and how common it may be. This is the first I've hatched out with this problem out of 50 or so cresties. I did move the reptile room, including the eggs, a week and a half before this one hatched, and it did get a drop in temp a little for a couple hours before I noticed and moved the eggs to a more stable temp area. It's clutchmate hatched out first, and seems perfect. Sorry for the novel, I've just never seen this before and it's freaking me out.

i had one that did that but didnt survive more than a day. Figured it was from an unstable incubation temp cause i just incubated at room temp and not in an incunator.

i think its a good idea to keep an eye on it and yes definitly keep it out of a breeding group just to be safe.

Sounds like just a birth defect to me...

You could try a vet but with the size of a hatchling....

Thanks guys. I'll see what I can do to keep it alive. It is a good looking hatchling. It's a damn shame.