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Hey, everyone..

I used to post here faithfully about a year ago.. Maybe more.. I was a breeder in the making, actually. However, I moved to my home country of Canada, leaving my geckos in the care of my mother and step-father, here in Texas. I didn't have many leopards, but I've returned for a visit and I've found some of them in some saddening conditions. I wish they could've contacted me for any info on how to treat them.. But I felt heart broken to find myself with one of my favorite geckos in my hand, skinny as a twig and hardly able to move. The geckos had been housed without their moist hides and only two tanks had heat lamps. =

The gecko I speak of was hardly able to move from calcium deficiency and lack of moisture to shed with(Leaving it's limbs, digits, eyes and half of it's mouth incased in dried skin). One eye seems to have gone bad, unless there's a layer of dead skin over it, because it's all yellowish. Also, the other eye was on it's way, but might be alright. The half of the mouth that was untreated has become mutated and sticks up a little... I'm sorry if I'm jumping all over the place with the problems, but it's a little stressful to look at and think about.

I've managed to pull all the skin off gently with the help of some moisture. There's only two, maybe three, toes that need the skin pulled off and the gecko seems to have a fighting spirit, because it's still very lively despite it's condition. I figured it would be pretty ticked off, but he seemed to know I was there to help and patiently sat on my hand as I fixed him up.

As you probably assumed, I'm going to be giving him(And the others) alot of TLC. But.. I've decided that this is enough, so I will be finding homes for pretty much all of my geckos-- Including this one.

If anyone has any information on something to give these guys for a boost(Maybe gatorade? It's been so long since I've taken care of geckos, I've forgotten most of my basics), please let me know. Also, anyone in the McKinney, Texas area who is interested in adopting some of these guys for a small adoption fee, please let me know. Thanks in advance for any help.

-Brittany

(I had a few usernames in the past, but maybe it helps if I mention my old website was http://www.geocities.com/atlantic_reptiles ?)

use a suringe to feed the poor things chicken or beef baby food with calcium and vitamin/mineral dust mixed in with it. Also use Ensure vanilla flavor it already has vitamins/calcium mixed in to it and it also has more calories then baby food. dont feed to much because their little stomachs have probably shrunk down to nothing. good luck! also petco sells this stuff called shed aid to help the dead skin off, it works but you have to help also for the really tough spots.

Use a serigne to feed egg yolk and cricket mulch. The egg yolk is complete balance food and is high in calcium. Simply put the egg yolk in a blender with some young soft body immature crickets and blend until smooth. This probably will help it regain some strength. Be sure to start off with a little bit of food at a time. There system isn't equipped to handle a lot of food right now since they were starving. I hope this help you!

Thanks so much for all of your help! I'll post an update in the near future.

-Brittany

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