Skinny and maybe sick Leopard.

[Elizabeth Freer]

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I can see him getting a little better every day. He is getting a little more color now, I think he'll be a nice yellow gecko. When I first got him he was pure gray. He eats well, he poops well, and I think he also drinks well. Only have seen him doing so twice from the dish, but when his head was still covered in shed, I sometimes found shed in the dish. And when I took him in bath, he also drank from it.

I'm really looking forward to the vet visit, I want to know if he's all healthy.

I love all my geckos as much as the other, but I feel something special for this fellow.

Lucky is a r-e-a-l trooper! He must have been soooooooooooooooo dehydrated to even drink from his bath. Baths are often stressful! However, Lucky realized that he needed all the fluid he could possibly get. This part tears me up :*(

Please DO keep us updated, Danny

 

[Wolferio89]

The previous owner said he got him like that, and he says he had them for 3 weeks. (which I don't believe due to the amount of poop in the terrarium, it was burried till like 6 centimeters deep

Oh my, can you imagine how many times I've been lied to when all my reptiles are rescues? You would not believe the lies and stories I have heard and once I begin questioning,I catch ton of inconsistencies in their story. People have denied even what they have fed their geckos. This one person complained of their gecko not defecating and acting lethargic. Finally, the gecko had a bowel movement and the carcass of a pinky was quite apparent.:roll:

Me paranoid? No, this is what life has taught me and why I'm super suspicious! You claim to have taken the gecko to a vet, show me a receipt with the vet's name and then maybe I'll believe it(speaking in general). :biggrin: It's a disgrace.

Anyway he's come a long way and I think he'll be just fine.

I know, people don't want to admit their failure, or simply do not care.

Lucky is a r-e-a-l trooper! He must have been soooooooooooooooo dehydrated to even drink from his bath. Baths are often stressful! However, Lucky realized that he needed all the fluid he could possibly get. This part tears me up :*(

Please DO keep us updated, Danny

I noticed when I put one of my girls in bath. The shed on her tail didn't come off well, so I tried the Lucky-method. She was not amused.

I will keep you updated! At this moment he is doing fine, he hunts with quite an aim, gets more color like I posted before, and he is getting more body weight. His tail also seems to grow well.

I bought him a new humid hide, the medium Gecko Cave from Exo-Terra. His old humid hide was made out of an old ice-can. Wasn't pretty, but did the trick.

Still looking forward to the vet visit.

 

[Wolferio89]

I just came back from the vet. It turned out he has flagellata (not sure if I translated it well). I got an antibiotics called Flagyl, which I need to give him for a lenght of 7 days.

The tail looks good to the doctor, and he said that Lucky is a strong guy. I'll post some pictures later when I get home.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

I just came back from the vet. It turned out he has flagellata (not sure if I translated it well). I got an antibiotics called Flagyl, which I need to give him for a lenght of 7 days.

The tail looks good to the doctor, and he said that Lucky is a strong guy. I'll post some pictures later when I get home.

Shots or an oral medication?

Did you share the "before" pictures of Lucky?

 

[Wolferio89]

Oral. He weighs 24.5 grams, but because his tail isn't back yet that is a "normal" weight according to the vet. So I have to give him 0.05ml. Lucky didn't like the car ride, nor did he like the vet holding him. But as restless he was in the car back home, I could easily pick him up to put him in his terrarium. He instantly accepted food from my hand again.

The vet said the tail looks good, and the black dots I was worried about are because he was so long covered in the same shed.

I showed the before pictures, he agreed with me that he would have died if I didn't find him.

 

[XoVictoryXo]

Oh man I have never heard of that parasite before, thank goodness you took him in! Now in 7 days lets hope that parasite goes away, kicks rocks!!!
now you mentioned he was housed with other leos with his previous owners, you may want to take stool samples of them all into your vet to see if they also have parasites. see if the vet can give you a deal on multiple stool samples, being that you rescued them from certain death. and you can use the same Flagyl he has already prescribed for Lucky
All that being said, Lucky looks amazing, and I see his tail started to grow back!! <3 Go Lucky go!!!

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Oral. He weighs 24.5 grams, but because his tail isn't back yet that is a "normal" weight according to the vet. So I have to give him 0.05ml. Lucky didn't like the car ride, nor did he like the vet holding him. But as restless he was in the car back home, I could easily pick him up to put him in his terrarium. He instantly accepted food from my hand again.

The vet said the tail looks good, and the black dots I was worried about are because he was so long covered in the same shed.

I showed the before pictures, he agreed with me that he would have died if I didn't find him.

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You are a geckosaver :banana:. My favorite picture is the one of Lucky buckled in with the seat belt ;-).

If he ever has to visit the vet again, you might add a paper towel to his travel cage to cushion his trip.

Glad he is on the mend.

 

[Conched]

Check out the tail nub !!! Nice

 

[Wolferio89]

Oh man I have never heard of that parasite before, thank goodness you took him in! Now in 7 days lets hope that parasite goes away, kicks rocks!!!
now you mentioned he was housed with other leos with his previous owners, you may want to take stool samples of them all into your vet to see if they also have parasites. see if the vet can give you a deal on multiple stool samples, being that you rescued them from certain death. and you can use the same Flagyl he has already prescribed for Lucky
All that being said, Lucky looks amazing, and I see his tail started to grow back!! <3 Go Lucky go!!!

I'm going to do that. I have enough of it to supply all 3 of them.

You are a geckosaver :banana:. My favorite picture is the one of Lucky buckled in with the seat belt ;-).

If he ever has to visit the vet again, you might add a paper towel to his travel cage to cushion his trip.

Glad he is on the mend.

That's my favourite too I thought of the paper towel on the way there, so I asked the doctor for some on the way back.

Check out the tail nub !!! Nice

It really starts to grow well, and pretty fast too.

 

[XoVictoryXo]

<3 how is lil lucky doing? its been about a week and I am dying to know if the parasite treatment has been effective. hopefully he still has a hearty appetite for you!

 

[Wolferio89]

Lucky is doing great, I was planning to make an update when I ended the antibiotics treatment (which is tomorrow) But I don't want to keep you waiting

He still eats well, he poops well, and the hunting for crickets and hoppers gets better every day. His tail is growing really good, and.... *drums*:yahoo: He is starting his first shedding since he got released of all the old shed he had on when I found him He is getting more mass, which is good visible in his rear legs.

As soon as I get home I'll take some pictures, and I'll put him on a scale to see his weight. At the vet visit he weighted 24 grams.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Looking forward to your before and after pictures, perhaps side by side.

 

[XoVictoryXo]

Yay !! so happy to hear!