geckos toe is bleeding and looks like it was bit a little????

kpnortiz

kpnortiz

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"geckos toe is bleeding and looks like it was bit a little.please help

i woke up and my gecko toes is bleeeding and looks like a piece is of and blood on it and one nail on other side is on other foot looks little red .. and she just shedded..I dont know what happened or how to do treatment on it .the blood filled a napkin and changed it twice bcus had alot of blood.
 
cricket4u

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kpnortiz said:
"geckos toe is bleeding and looks like it was bit a little.please help

i woke up and my gecko toes is bleeeding and looks like a piece is of and blood on it and one nail on other side is on other foot looks little red .. and she just shedded..I dont know what happened or how to do treatment on it .the blood filled a napkin and changed it twice bcus had alot of blood.
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Hi,

Is she housed alone? Can you take a picture of the toe?
 
kpnortiz

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She is alone and on a green carpet and shes a year some months and never had this problem . I changed carpet and put tiles now because it might be the carpet. But dont know how to treat. I will try to take pics. She was not even crying though but was in the humid hide i have for her with paper towels and she was just sitting there with lots of blood under her.. Thanks for answering my post.
 
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Elizabeth Freer

Elizabeth Freer

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None of these pics come through for me. Can you try again?

Posting Photos/Links...Embedding Photos/Links on GU
http://www.geckosunlimited.com/community/faq.php?faq=vb_faq#faq_posting_photos

You can sign up for a free photobucket.com account, upload your pictures there. Grab the link they provide you for your pictures, and when posting on GU click on "insert image", and then paste in the link. That should do the trick. (Thanks to Mardy and Pokeefe88 on 17 July 2011.)
 
kpnortiz

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PIctures from photobucket

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Elizabeth Freer

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Excellent! I see pictures now :).

Looks like stuck shed constricted the blood flow to that part of the toe. That caused that part of the toe to die and fall off. Just keep the wound clean and dry so that no chance of infection sets in. Keep an eye on the black part. That should NOT advance.

Be sure to keep your leo on paper towels right now to give the toe the best chance of healing infection-free.

Are some of the other nails missing tool? Does your leo have a humidity hide on the warm end of the tank? A humidity hide assists with shedding.

Scroll through the Leo Guidelines linked right below \/ in my signature to find an idea how to make a simple humidity hide.

Might you share pictures of the "whole" leo and the habitat?
 
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kpnortiz

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Toe:)

How can I clean it? I don't want to touch it it might hurt her. I put her when it was bleeding second time in flour to her toe so it can dry but that's all I did and put paper towels but is there a way to clean her.. So it wasn't her getting caught in carpet in nail then??? There was blood on her hide like she was rubbing on the hide to and lots blood on carpet. Thanks for help..
 
Elizabeth Freer

Elizabeth Freer

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kpnortiz said:
How can I clean it? I don't want to touch it it might hurt her. I put her when it was bleeding second time in flour to her toe so it can dry but that's all I did and put paper towels but is there a way to clean her.. So it wasn't her getting caught in carpet in nail then??? There was blood on her hide like she was rubbing on the hide to and lots blood on carpet. Thanks for help..
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You are welcome.

Sounds like she was very uncomfortable. Glad you spotted this! Don't think that losing ONLY the nail would cause that much blood.

Skip the flour. Maybe just with a q-tip and water? You could give her a little soak in a basin/sink with water just covering her toes. Be sure to stay close by.

Scroll down the Leo Guidelines to the posts which follow. You will find info right there on soaking leos/geckos.

She could have gotten her nail caught in the carpet. Perhaps the nail fell off and started this problem. (Slate tile is the very best substrate!) Getting teeth and nails caught in carpet is one of carpet's downsides. Carpet also harbors bacteria from the urine, poop, and urates (white part). The black part is what made me think that blood flow to the area had been compromised due to stuck shed.

Does she have 3 hides?
 
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