Booplesnoot
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Hey all!
So, my boyfriend and I rescued this little baby House Gecko from a spider web, tonight.
This is actually the second time we have saved a house gecko from a spider web. The first time, we let it go, but this one seems to have a weird back, right foot. It is kind of nubby. The foot itself is still there, but it is all mushed together. He also seems to have trouble walking, he falls over and when he walks, his leg with the nub foot goes out at a weird angle. I feel bad that he is so disfigured, and he seems to still have some spider web on him, but we do not want to mess with him too much trying to get the rest off.
A lot of it was stuck on his tail, and in the process of taking it off he dropped his tail. The tip is bleeding a little bit. Should I let it be, or should we put something on it?
Right now we have him in an old cricket tank that we used. It is small, but he is incredibly tiny.
I do not know if I should try to rehabilitate him or just let him go back in the house, somewhere. I feel bad.
We fed him a one of the tiniest baby crickets we could find from our Crested Gecko's cricket tank, and he ate it, although he seemed to have a little bit of trouble with it. It was a little bit too big, I think, but he is super skinny.
I have a temporary set up in his tank right now: paper towel for substrate, a bottle cap filled with water, and a mixture of thin and thick pieces of cardboard for him to climb on. I also misted the tank, since I read that they need at least 60% humidity.
I will add some pictures of his set-up and his foot:
So, my boyfriend and I rescued this little baby House Gecko from a spider web, tonight.
This is actually the second time we have saved a house gecko from a spider web. The first time, we let it go, but this one seems to have a weird back, right foot. It is kind of nubby. The foot itself is still there, but it is all mushed together. He also seems to have trouble walking, he falls over and when he walks, his leg with the nub foot goes out at a weird angle. I feel bad that he is so disfigured, and he seems to still have some spider web on him, but we do not want to mess with him too much trying to get the rest off.
A lot of it was stuck on his tail, and in the process of taking it off he dropped his tail. The tip is bleeding a little bit. Should I let it be, or should we put something on it?
Right now we have him in an old cricket tank that we used. It is small, but he is incredibly tiny.
I do not know if I should try to rehabilitate him or just let him go back in the house, somewhere. I feel bad.
We fed him a one of the tiniest baby crickets we could find from our Crested Gecko's cricket tank, and he ate it, although he seemed to have a little bit of trouble with it. It was a little bit too big, I think, but he is super skinny.
I have a temporary set up in his tank right now: paper towel for substrate, a bottle cap filled with water, and a mixture of thin and thick pieces of cardboard for him to climb on. I also misted the tank, since I read that they need at least 60% humidity.
I will add some pictures of his set-up and his foot: