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Gecko needs surgery! =(

Melle Apr 22, 2004 11:32 AM

Hello,

I know I dont post very much, but I have encountered a problem with one of my geckos. Gypsy is almost 2 years old and i got her as a hatchling. I raised her up and when i finally got a male, I bred her to him as my first attempt at breeding these guys. she weighed about 90 grams then, and was eating great and was old enough and everything. she laid 2 clutches (only one egg made it out of all of them and is doing ok). she ate fine and everything during those two. then she started to lose weight. I didnt think much of it since i knew they lost a little of their supply to make the eggs.

then she stopped eating and her tail got a lot thinner. so i took her into the vets yesterday since i couldnt get her to eat, and she wasnt laying anymore. I found out that one of the eggs she still has inside her didnt form right, had gotten hard, and will not come out. the vet said that it probably started to attatch itself to the walls of her uterus. They need to go in to get it out Thing is, surgery will cost $200. how im gonna come up with that i dont know, but thats not the point. anyone else ever have this happen? They will probably just remove the uterus, which is fine, and she is getting the surgery reguardless because she will die if she doesnt get it. i just was hoping i could hear success stories from anyone else who has had this done, and if the geckos were ok afterward and went back to normal and being healthy. Im just nervous because i had a bearded dragon go into surgery about 2 years ago just to remove an abcess, and he ended up passing away about a week after so i am just nervous. thanks for any replies!
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~Melissa~
1.3 Leopard geckos (Guido, Oasis, Gypsy, Marli)
1.0 Bearded dragon (Pharoah)
1.0 Hog Island Boa (Michelangelo)
0.0.1 Crested Gecko (Picasso)
1.0 Ferret (da Vinci)
0.1 Chinchilla (Eevie)
And Jack the cat!

Melissas Menagerie

Replies (4)

totallygecko Apr 22, 2004 12:11 PM

hello,

i am sorry to hear about your news! i had a similar situation happen about 2 weeks ago. she formed her eggs but they didnt make it to being shelled to come out. so she couldnt lay them. surgery for her from an experianced vet was gonna cost 5-6 hundred. but i could not afford that so i asked my vet is she would try and do the surgery and she said yes so she did it for 200 hundred. she made it thru surgery and is doing great!!! they removed her stitches on monday. i was very very worried but she did fine! i wish you luck!!tanya
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1.0 crocodile gecko 1.0 bearded dragon

GoldenGateGeckos Apr 22, 2004 02:21 PM

I have had two geckos that needed similar surgeries. If it's only one egg, perhaps the vet can only remove that ovary/duct only and save the other side. At least she would be able to produce one egg...
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Marcia McGuiness
Golden Gate Geckos
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Jbuggs20 Apr 22, 2004 02:55 PM

Filling a rubbermaid with about a quarter to half a inch of luke warm water and soaking her might just help her pass the egg thats instead of her naturally. Id definetly try it couldnt hurt before takeing her to the vet...
Jason

Melle Apr 22, 2004 10:03 PM

Thanks a lot for the replies guys, i feel much better She goes in on Monday. Thanks again! (still gonna be nervous though)
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~Melissa~
1.3 Leopard geckos (Guido, Oasis, Gypsy, Marli)
1.0 Bearded dragon (Pharoah)
1.0 Hog Island Boa (Michelangelo)
0.0.1 Crested Gecko (Picasso)
1.0 Ferret (da Vinci)
0.1 Chinchilla (Eevie)
And Jack the cat!

Melissas Menagerie

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