She finally ate

[fl_orchidslave]

A couple months ago we took in an unwanted fatty- the teenager had lost interest. Assured that she was a leopard gecko and had had excellent care, she seemed healthy with a nice fat tail. Well..... 2 months later she has hardly eaten. She had been on sand, now on newspaper so it was a bit of an adjustment for her as she is at least 3yrs old. I kept mealworms, that she was used to eating (ha) in for her but she had no interest. Finally today she took 8 from tongs after they were rubbed against her mouth. A couple weeks ago she shed and some was stuck on he eyes, which I got off and using saline daily to moisturize since she still isn't opening her eyes all the way. Feeding from the tongs I think maybe she may be blind Likely not the first time a shed stuck on her eyes She is on day 8 of Reptaid and it looked like she may have also had a parasite issue along with impaction from the sand.

I think the guy who gave her to us was talking out his a** :annoyed:

Thanks for reading this long drawn out post- I just needed to rant.....

 

[fl_orchidslave]

Last night Lucy ate a superworm! Keeping my fingers crossed that she is now on the road to recovery

 

[Kellyr]

Nicely done! Good luck in the future with her, hope she keeps on eating for you!

 

[thegeckoguy23]

I don't mean to be rude but you posted this in the wrong forums it should go in the feeder/feeding section

 

[fl_orchidslave]

Nicely done! Good luck in the future with her, hope she keeps on eating for you!

Thanks Kelly She ate again last night -whew- and getting a bit more perky. Still not sure about the eye issue, hopefully that will turn out okay.