I recently rescued a horribly sick leo today, and I'm not too sure if she's going to make it.



She is VERY VERY thin - bones with skin on it - and horribly dehydrated. Most of her toes are gone because of unshed skin - I soaked her in warm water and got rid of the skin that was left on. Her belly is dark purple like a bad bruise, and her feces (some were stuck on her cloaca) are yellow-whitish and a bit watery. On her side near her back legs there's a hardish lump. I'm pretty sure she's calcium defiecient, as the crickets aren't given/coated in any calcium supplements or vitamins.



I'd get her put down.. but I think she has a chance. She's been rather feisty, and I gave her some saline with calcium/vitamin powder mixed into that. She swallowed/licked off a few drops of it and then gnawed on the end of the syringe. I'm just about to take her to the vet to get some saline injected into her..



She's about 5 inches long, and the thickest part of her tail is maybe a quarter inch thick (5 mm).



Help?

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