My baby crocodile gecko broke his leg..
I've been feeding them babyfood for the lack of pinheads and fruitflies in the area.. and his leg got stuck in some baby food.. I tried to free him with some tweezers (pushing under the baby food not on his foot)..but he broke his leg pulling his foot free 
is there anything I can do for him? will it heal? should I try and set it (as its bent oddly)
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sadness...
kellinjar
Sep 28, 2003 10:15 AM
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AFTgeckoGUY
Sep 28, 2003 07:44 PM
Your best bet is to go to a vet that specializes in reptiles and exotic pets. I did that when my baby pictus got a cut on his foot and leg. The vet gave me some antibiotics for him, and he healed in a week. I know a cut is much different than a break, but still do it. It will probably save you some grief. It did for me. Good luck!
Proud owner of 2.0.0 African Fat Tail Geckos!
kellinjar
Sep 28, 2003 08:45 PM
yeah... it doesn't much matter now.. I had him in a seperate recovery tank..
and he must have done more then break his leg..becuase he's dead now..
I was installing a New OS on my gf's comp...and I looked over to check on him...and I realized he was becoming more sedentary..so I got out my tweezers to move a lil sand near him (not touch him, just enough to get a twitch out of his tail to make sure he was still alive..) and nada.. no breathing..nothing.. I was talking in chat.. they think maybe he broke a vessel or something..
I still have 4 babies though and I expect at least 1 more with a possibility of 3 more before this batch is done..
AFTgeckoGUY
Sep 29, 2003 06:23 AM
np
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Proud owner of 2.0.0 African Fat Tail Geckos!
kellinjar
Sep 29, 2003 06:31 AM
On the plus side..as I was getting ready to goto bed, I found baby gecko #6 in the adult gecko tank hiding under a rock... (I knew something was up when one of hte adults was really slowly approach the rock, but because it was on the back of the tnak I had to pick it up and turn it to see what he was looking at...) I did some sifting of the sand and found a bunch of broken egg shells..
I didn't find any other whole ons, but since hte babies have started I've probably only sifted a total of 50% of the area..so there could still be a potential for 2 more (I'm told these gecko females can lay up to 8 eggs)
I guess I was kind of excited to get 100% hatch rate on an accidental birth... too bad one had to die from my foolishness
