[Elizabeth Freer]

Wonderful job rehabbing Betty, Saskia! Kudos to you!!!

[Daphne]

Originally Posted by Saskia

Welllll, that's a funny story! I went to Atlanta on a business/turism trip 2 months ago and I went to a Petco store to shop for some supplies for my other geckos (heat pads, vitamins, etc. that in my country are a bit hard to find) anyways, I was staring at the leos for sale (I didn't intend to buy one) and a salesgirl saw me and asked if I was interested in meeting one gecko they had for adoption I said yes and she introduced me to Betty (she was "in the back") I was so sad to see her in such poor condition that I couldn't resist it, and I took her back to my hotel, she was there with me for 2 days, and the day of the trip I put her in a sock, bended it so she couldn't go out and placed her gently in my bra!

As soon as I was passed secutiry I put her back in my purse, and when we arrived to Miami I put her back in my bra... another security checkpoint and another plane to Venezuela, when I left the venezuelan airport the first thing I did was to check her and she was just perfect! I had never done this kind of thing before and I was quite nervous, I had my adoption papers with me in case they would find her they could just take her back, but it didn't happen and she lives in south america now!!! I bet the previous owner wouldn't imagine where she was going to end up in!!

That is such an awesome story! What a lucky little gecko. Thank goodness the Petco employee showed you the one from "the back". She is beautiful! Good job!!!

[Theresaq93]

Hey, read bout your wee leo betty. Can you post some pics of what she looks like now? I bet she is such a beauty.

[_Amazon_]

Wow. Amazing..most people would look at her and say "ew shes sick/ugly i dont want her" Good work on her recovery, she looks amazing. Were glad you took her in

[Saskia]

I am so proud of her!! she lives in a very comfortable 25 gallon tank with 12 different hides to choose from, she has another female cagemate and they get along just fine, here is a most recent picture, this is from a couple of months ago, I wanted o take her one picture just now but she is shedding, I´ll wait until tomorrow, I did weight her and she is a fat 50 grame now, this picture is from september:



I´ll post another one in a couple of days when she looks her best!!

[_Amazon_]

Thats great

[Saskia]

This is Betty Today! She is done with her shed and is looking as gorgeous as always!! Heheh, from day one to today she has done a 360 degrees change!! Hope you like it!






Oh, the pictures all look down!! Don´t know why or how that happened..... anyone knows how to rotate them?? they are straight in photobucket

[Yoshi'smom]

She certainly is a gorgeous girl that needed you! I'm glad she's got a wonderful and healthy life with you! Thanks for saving her!

[Hannibal]

She looks Amazing! It's a great feeling rescueing a helpless gecko and nursing them back to 100% health, she just looks so happy now.

[gizmo143]

wow! this is an amazing story of an amazing leo I loved how you got her all the way to south america haha. a great turnaround for Betty. It's crazy to see how big she is compared to when you first got her.