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I posted questions 2 times regarding tail loss and eating habits, and I haven't got much response. Basically all I'm wondering is if the geckos appetite drops off a bit after losing its tail. Unfortunately one of my mine dropped his tail due to my &^$@# cat getting his paw in the enclosure Any feedback is appriciated. I'm only asking because mine doesn't seem to be very interested in as much food as he used to. Thanks!
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2.5.2 Leopard gex
3.2 Uroplatus Sikorae Sikorae

He is most likly still stressed out from the ordeal with the cat. Just keep feeding him what he will eat. Keep him warm, and place him on paper towels until the tail starts growing back.

I was given a gecko at a show that had dropped it's tail. (Some stupid jerk bought him then dropped the deli cup). I think it took him a bit before he started eating better. ( I think I am remembering correctly)
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2.9.9 Leopard Geckos
1.2.3 African Fat-tails
0.1 Gonisaurus Luii
1.1 Central American Banded Geckos
0.1 Gargoyle Gecko
1.1 Calabar Pythons
1.1 Savu Pythons
1.1 Cornsnakes
0.1.2 Chondropythons
0.1 Standing's Day Gecko
1.0 Frog-eyed Gecko
1.1 Ball Pythons

i got to agree with lunar reptiles here.

excluding the fact he has no infection in the area where it broke off just keep him nice and warm (about 90) and keep offering him what you did in the first place. make sure he has good hides so he can feel secure and make sure to keep him very clean (so no infection will occur in the tail)
you can clean his tail off with a 50/50 mixture of betadine and water and apply it with a cotton swab, every other day or every third day. clean him daily. best to keep him on paper towels and change them daily. keep him on the paper towls and use the betadine stuff util it is totally healed over and not even a scab is left. give him a bit of time to recoup. if you get worried try a few wax worms to encourage him into eating and them start him back on his normal routeen. as long as he isnt losing weight just be patient
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-robin day
Geckoheads And Geeks

There is no need to stress the gecko out further by cleaning the area everyday. As long as it is free of debris initially, he will be fine. If there was sand of bedding in it, I would say clean it but if it is clean already, just leave the poor thing alone. He has already been stressed by the cat and is not eating very well, Further "bothering" him everyday will only stress him out more. besides...they don't get betadine in the wild.
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2.9.9 Leopard Geckos
1.2.3 African Fat-tails
0.1 Gonisaurus Luii
1.1 Central American Banded Geckos
0.1 Gargoyle Gecko
1.1 Calabar Pythons
1.1 Savu Pythons
1.1 Cornsnakes
0.1.2 Chondropythons
0.1 Standing's Day Gecko
1.0 Frog-eyed Gecko
1.1 Ball Pythons

Hes actually past the initial healing phase....his new tail has started growing back. I just kept him clean and put some neosporin on it about once a week. Hes still isolated and on clean paper towels....I was just worried about his appetite. Thanks for the replys!
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2.5.2 Leopard gex
3.2 Uroplatus Sikorae Sikorae

i understand the animal is stress and that in the wild they dont have betadine however we are not talking bout the wild we are talking about a captive environment AND there are more harmful bacterias and protozoans in our environment than he would ever encounter in the wild.... the bacterias and protozonas in the wild for eons they have been accustomed to and im sure certain ones built a type of resistance to. in a captive environment lets say your kid has diareah, you have the flu, you have cats or birds or mice which can carry toxo[plasmosis (very comtageous) or other diseases (not harmful to the cats birds and mice). i dont care about the wild as far as captive environments go, the the foreign bodies in our environment is what worries me worry me. im sure when we were cavemen we didnt out betadine on it either but we didnt come into contact with 75% of what is out there... new virus,bacteria and protozonas aer being discovered everyday.
plane and simple we are not in the wild, this is a captive environment hence the term captive husbandry, my house or this country for that fact is not its native land. very easily they can come into contact with forgein bodies that it normally wouldnt and cause infection in the affected area.
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-robin day
Geckoheads And Geeks