"Stick Tail" in Geckos
"Stick Tail" is a common term used to describe a leopard gecko that loses weight until the tail fat disappears leaving behind a thin boney tail. "Stick tail" also affect fat-tail geckos, tokay geckos, and other species of geckos with robust tails that can store fat. A similar wasting disease is known in crested geckos and other Rhacodactylus, and many other geckos.