new gecko lost her tail what do I do?!?

[PitbullsareAngels]

Ok so I got my secound crested gecko.. and as I was about to place her into her home she shot off like a bullet (had the container on the ground off course and off flies her tail when I place my hand under her to try and lift her up... how do I treat this/her tail :/ I feel terrible... I should have known better and left her be for few minutes (I thought she would get stuck behind the dresser if didn't try get her to move in a different derection) never happened with my other gecko so was surprised to say the least... I was told she was tame/friendly never thought she would bolt out of the carrier

 

[Aimless]

just keep an eye on it and keep her clean. unless you see signs of infection, I wouldn't intervene at all. it happens, and generally heals cleanly within a week or so.

 

[PitbullsareAngels]

At least her bedding that came with was paper towel and not loose substrate :/ I think they lied/didn't handle her as they said she was used to being handled... it's the risk of buying her from just some owner and not a breeder :/

Still feel terrible about it as I'm normally super careful and always wondered how other manage to get there's drop... I guess I always got mellow geckos or at least ones used to being handled

 

[Aimless]

eh, it happens. and if she just went through the stress of transferring to a new home, she may calm down soon and be fine. change is a big deal to reptiles; their brains aren't really capable of understanding why they're suddenly living somewhere else, and there's often a significant adjustment period.

 

[PitbullsareAngels]

I didn't mind having a lively animal just wish she kept her tail... but makes sense some get spooked not knowing were they are now.. ( mario my other gecko was fine when he arrived the person handed him to me and he was chill) Out of all things a tail wiggling /jumping around for 10+ minutes is the scariest thing I've experienced it's like an alien looking worm with a mind of its own

 

[CrestedL]

Since you mentioned her owner might not have handled her, make sure she gets an acclimation period of a week or two. Once she gets that, I too had a flighty gecko at first but what I did was each night I take him out for 1 minute more every two nights, so say if you hold him for 1 minute on Monday and Tuesday, and then Wednesday and Thursday you hold him for 2 minutes and so on. Once you reach about 10 minutes I wouldn't go over that, but just keep calm with him and make sure you have him on a soft surrface i case he tries to jump

 

[PitbullsareAngels]

Thanks for the advise, I didn't plan on handling her for at least a week as I wanted the wound to be healed first anyways. She will be first flighty gecko, one of my other geckos (leopard grcko) is lively/spirited but she's still hand able lively not jump and run away lively.

I got her as I was going to do a breeding project for the experience and all (of course months off.. with quarantine and all) and she was pretty gecko.

 

[CrestedL]

I would be careful with the breeding, it can be even more stressful

 

[PitbullsareAngels]

It will be aways down the road as I want her little tamed/used to being around me abit before I would start breeding, I'm In no rush to breed. After all I still have to find homes for 200 apple snails when they hatch XD

Also she seems to be eating at the moment and the wound doesn't seem to bad (when I go in to spray the terrium down/seeing her in there)

 

[PitbullsareAngels]

Update on her, she seems better with being handled not getting spooked anymore, first time went to handle her after a week (after I noticed her not hiding anymore and not running away when giving fresh food even if right beside her) she freaked out and ran into the side if her tank.. but after a few days and slowly getting her to climb on my hand in her cage she got used to it and didn't mind it. Though she did try and bite me (gaping mouth) once, she now let's me go in and pick her up. I don't handle her to much as I don't want yo stress her, she is lively little fellow but I like that about her. At least she's not running away from me. I never handle her if she's hiding or if she moves away from me now so at least she thinks I can't get her in her hids if she don't want to be bothered.