ElliotG
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Hello, let me give back story on this little gecko. This gecko was brought to my attention from a friend while I was at school, I heard that he wasn’t being taken care of and had problems. A teacher owns the gecko. I didn’t think it was that bad but still asked for pictures of the gecko. It was in a 5 gallon with only one hide and a big tub full of water. Looking at the actual gecko it was horrible. I didn’t think it would actually be that bad.
Pictures of it in its cage and the condition it was in. I went to the teacher and told him his gecko was in horrible condition and was going to die and that I was willing to take it in and get it to health and either keep it or help him with husbandry. (I’m thinking of just keeping it because it’s so bad.) He let me take it home and now it’s with me.
sorry for the long story, I just thought it would be best to explain so it’s clear that I didn’t let this gecko get into the condition it’s in. I would never let my geckos get this bad. This is horrible and it’s cage smelt like death. It made me sad to see so I decided to get it out of there.
So now for a question. It had crusty stuff over its eyes since it was too lethargic to shed. I gave it a bath and let it soak in a wet hide and finally was able to work the skin off it.
Here’s what it looks like now.
It has very cloudy eyes now, I think the shed was stuck on it for awhile, like months. I do not know the exact time.
Here’s a few pics of it’s cloudy eyes. I’ve never seen this and I don’t know what to do exactly. I do want to take it to a vet soon. But I’m holding off and making sure it gets its strength back a bit before I do. I’m pretty sure it might be blind and here’s other problems with this gecko, but I’m just focused on the eyes for now. It has a lump on its back of dead skin and possibly an abscess and an injured leg. I know how to take care of those though and have all the supplies. It also hasn’t lived with heat for a year or two. It had lamps on top it’s cage but they were off. No heat pad.
It is currently in a simple 10 gallon set up with a heat mat repti carpet and warm and cold hide. I switch the warm hide out with a moist and let it soak in there for a bit in hopes of getting that lump of dead skin off. I’ve been soaking it in pedialite and warm water and feeding it a liquid diet mix with pedialite and powdered reptile food too.
Sorry for the long post. But I really want to give this guy a chance and give him a good home. I thought maybe some of you guys would be able to help.
Thanks so much.
Pictures of it in its cage and the condition it was in. I went to the teacher and told him his gecko was in horrible condition and was going to die and that I was willing to take it in and get it to health and either keep it or help him with husbandry. (I’m thinking of just keeping it because it’s so bad.) He let me take it home and now it’s with me.
sorry for the long story, I just thought it would be best to explain so it’s clear that I didn’t let this gecko get into the condition it’s in. I would never let my geckos get this bad. This is horrible and it’s cage smelt like death. It made me sad to see so I decided to get it out of there.
So now for a question. It had crusty stuff over its eyes since it was too lethargic to shed. I gave it a bath and let it soak in a wet hide and finally was able to work the skin off it.
Here’s what it looks like now.
It has very cloudy eyes now, I think the shed was stuck on it for awhile, like months. I do not know the exact time.
Here’s a few pics of it’s cloudy eyes. I’ve never seen this and I don’t know what to do exactly. I do want to take it to a vet soon. But I’m holding off and making sure it gets its strength back a bit before I do. I’m pretty sure it might be blind and here’s other problems with this gecko, but I’m just focused on the eyes for now. It has a lump on its back of dead skin and possibly an abscess and an injured leg. I know how to take care of those though and have all the supplies. It also hasn’t lived with heat for a year or two. It had lamps on top it’s cage but they were off. No heat pad.
It is currently in a simple 10 gallon set up with a heat mat repti carpet and warm and cold hide. I switch the warm hide out with a moist and let it soak in there for a bit in hopes of getting that lump of dead skin off. I’ve been soaking it in pedialite and warm water and feeding it a liquid diet mix with pedialite and powdered reptile food too.
Sorry for the long post. But I really want to give this guy a chance and give him a good home. I thought maybe some of you guys would be able to help.
Thanks so much.
