I believe my gecko is dying..

[Yuk]

Another thing you can do is let the crickets/worms roam around without the dish - just add a piece of dog kibble or dry cat food kibble in for the crickets to eat if they get hungry so they don't bother your gecko. If you are leaving them for hours, you should choose the moist hide over the food dish, in my opinion. They like to hunt (mine won't eat out of a dish at all) and then they can utilize the moist hide while you're gone. If you're just feeding 30 min to an hour, I don't see a problem removing the moist hide. I sometimes remove all but one dry hide if I am feeding them a big meal and I want to observe how they are eating (and what crickets might be using as hiding places). Just a thought

 

[JIMI]

I don't know if the dog food is a good option for LostTogether's case. It could just contribute to the Gout. It may be best to not risk it and just leave out large pieces of fruit that your leos will not be able to consume. Just make sure they don't become moldy.

Petsmart and Petco feed their crickets with things off their shelves, including those Flukers orange cubes so that could have contributed to the gout as well.

 

[LostTogether]

Thank you. Ill go and ask my mom to buy crickets when she gets home. And its a good thing that crickets are cheap also.

And I never really fed my geckos crickets before. Maybe a couple bags of them but after I noticed that the crickets were biting my geckos, I stopped feeding them crickets. So the gout definitely did not come from that. It was basically either meal worms or wax worms and occasionally super worms.

Turning on my laptop now for the pictures.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Thank you. Ill go and ask my mom to buy crickets when she gets home. And its a good thing that crickets are cheap also.

And I never really fed my geckos crickets before. Maybe a couple bags of them but after I noticed that the crickets were biting my geckos, I stopped feeding them crickets. So the gout definitely did not come from that. It was basically either meal worms or wax worms and occasionally super worms.

Turning on my laptop now for the pictures.

I am very glad that you noticed that the crickets were biting your leos! A couple years ago in the USA a virus was wiping out all the brown crickets. Fortunately at least 3 companies were able to keep them going.

Let's get the gentle brown crickets (Acheta domestica). The black crickets are aggressive and even bite humans.

Look forward to seeing current pictures of your 3rd gecko and of Porkchop's eyes. About how long is Porkchop? What I was commenting upon was Porkchop's size in the picture you shared.

 

[LostTogether]

It was the brown crickets from Petsmart that were biting them lol.

The good eye:

The bad eye:

The pictures of the Juvenile gecko aren't showing up on the SD card, so let me try and figure it out.

Porkchop is barely over 9 1/2 inches.

 

[LostTogether]

Oh gosh.. I'm even more scared now. I took him out of his tank so I could soak him and he laid flat in my hands for several seconds before he moved.. I believe he really is dying..

 

[Yuk]

I'm sorry to hear that.

 

[LostTogether]

There's nothing more I can do then..

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Very sad to hear this......

 

[LostTogether]

He's not gone yet..

 

[JIMI]

I'm very sorry

 

[JIMI]

You may want to speak with your vet about this:sad:

 

[LostTogether]

How would I speak to her?

 

[JIMI]

By calling or e-mailing her. You can call the clinic she works at and ask for her number or you may be able to find it on their website.

 

[LostTogether]

What would I possibly tell her?

 

[JIMI]

About your leopard gecko's condition and what she may recommend. She may be able to suggest something, but it is only an idea.

 

[LostTogether]

She'd probably ask to bring him in and that's more money that I don't have. Who knows if he'll last over tonight? They're closed as of now.

 

[JIMI]

Then you have done everything you can do for him right now:sad:.

 

[LostTogether]

If he survives until morning, I'll call. If not, I'm just thankful to have cared for him up until the end.

 

[LostTogether]

But can anyone tell me if he is blind in his left eye or not?