New Leo needs help!!

[TheresaB.C]

Hello. I got a new leo today. One of the parents at my school was looking for new home for their leo. I went over today to pick her up, I am so glad that I did. She was being housed in a tank filled with sad, only one hide and a tiny heat mat. I picked her up, her toes are absolutely awful, I have never actually seen toes falling off befor, there is not chance of saving them. She will get a bath later to try and save the others. At the house, there was no evidence that sh had ever gotten sprayed, no wonder she had dead toes. They said that she did not eat much, one cricket a day, they offered more but she would not eat them. They told me she loves mealworms, I gave her one when I got home, she pounced on it right away. Another thing is, her head shape. She has a short pointed nose and HUGE eyes. My dad says she looks like an anime character. I have a hunch that she might be an aft but her patters say shes a leo.
What can i do about her toes?

 

[The crazy gecko lady]

Hi I have had many rescue in this condition I advice
Feet: one of my rescues had rotting toes she is now recovered well from my treatments what u gotta do is give it a warm bath make sure it very shallow if u can find some shed ease products they sell at the pet store put some in if u have none u can appliy olive oil(or veg I m not sure I forgot)on the toes and rub it in. Wait a day for the oil to soak and try very lightly to rubbed/rolled the shed off use tweezers if nothing works but be careful not to damage the toes more.
Feeding: if she is not eating check her belly if bloated looking she may be impacted so try putting a drop of mineral oil(only that oil)on the tip of her nose,every 2nd day to try to unclog her intestines of sand if u can try to check her for parasites or worms by bringing a fecal sample to the vet I had to do that with my female if u can try giving her some wax worms or some type of fatty worms to give her some weight if she looks skinny. Also about the eyes it just might be normal and just how the gecko is but then again I've never seen one with big eyes.

I hope this helped that's all I could think of for her somebody might have better ideas or ways of help I would to hear them if they do I always need new advice but that what I think u should do. I hope I didn't miss anything.

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Leo- jenga.
Cresties-keko,delila,cookie,rabbit.
Beardie-little kellie.
But hey, what's one more

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Please share a photo of this gecko. Fat-tails and leos require different care.

 

[TheresaB.C]

These are the only photos I have at the moment. I will take more once I am home from school. She has a bit of a bloated belly. She is not impacted, she is passing stool just fine. Probably just worms (would not be surprised) easy enough to treat. Vet visit this weekend.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Those photos look like a leopard gecko.

Will you be taking a fecal sample (no more than 24 hours old) to the vet? Do you know how to keep the sample?

Can you give her a soak to remove leftover toe shed? Vegetable oil (or olive oil) might need to be applied to the stuck toe shed, since her toes are in bad shape. Be gentle.

METHOD #1

• Temperatures no greater than 86*F/30*C, a leopard gecko's preferred body temperature.
• Take a plastic container (like a GladWare container) a little bigger than your gecko
• Poke breathing holes in the lid so that your gecko can breathe
• Add a little water up to the belly of your leopard gecko
• Spray the insides of this container
• Add the gecko
• Snap on the lid
• Place this container inside your leo's enclosure and right next to the warm dry hide (right above the heat mat). OR Place this container near a lamp containing a low wattage bulb (15 watt or 25 watt incandescent bulb or similar wattage compact fluorescent). Water droplets should form on the insides of your plastic container!
• Monitor the temperature frequently
  [*]Monitor your gecko at all times
• Repeat this procedure, if necessary.

After 30 minutes, perhaps longer, remove the gecko and gently attempt to remove the stuck shed using a gentle rolling motion with a dry q-tip.

 

[TheresaB.C]

I know how to keep a fecal. I have taken my other geckos and their fecals to our vet before. I gave her a soak last nigh, got some shed off one toe and that was all I could get. I only had her in the bucket to soak for 5 minutes, the water gets cold fast. Will try again with the bucket under her lamp later. I have some zoomed spray on shed aid, but i have been nervous to use it on her toes.

 

[TheresaB.C]

I gave her a soak and a bath earlier, managed to get a few more toes free. The ones I was speaking of earlie are not coming off at all. They are very sensitive. Every time i used a qtip on them she made tink squeaks, it is very sad. I also found what looks like old exposed bone, from a toe that had fallen off befor. It is disgusting. She gave me a tiny nip when i tried to look at it closer. It is so tiny and thin that is cant even show up on camera. I put a tiny bit of polysporin on it, last thing she needs is a bone infection. (I also found one over grown claw that needs to be trimmed back) I am absolutely appalled that her owners let this happened to her...

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

I know how to keep a fecal. I have taken my other geckos and their fecals to our vet before. I gave her a soak last nigh, got some shed off one toe and that was all I could get. I only had her in the bucket to soak for 5 minutes, the water gets cold fast. Will try again with the bucket under her lamp later. I have some zoomed spray on shed aid, but i have been nervous to use it on her toes.

I gave her a soak and a bath earlier, managed to get a few more toes free. The ones I was speaking of earlie are not coming off at all. They are very sensitive. Every time i used a qtip on them she made tink squeaks, it is very sad. I also found what looks like old exposed bone, from a toe that had fallen off befor. It is disgusting. She gave me a tiny nip when i tried to look at it closer. It is so tiny and thin that is cant even show up on camera. I put a tiny bit of polysporin on it, last thing she needs is a bone infection. (I also found one over grown claw that needs to be trimmed back) I am absolutely appalled that her owners let this happened to her...
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Can you bring her to the vet sooner than this coming weekend in an attempt to save her toes? Some of the toes in your photos have stuck shed restricting the blood flow!!! Those toes are in danger of dying.

Get a plastic container like a GladWare container. Then follow the instructions in my last post. Place that container on the warm end of your leo's enclosure, right next to the warm dry hide. Leave it there for 30 minutes.

Soaking in a bucket does not work. Don't take any shortcuts. Follow Method 1 (above) exactly!

• You mention how fast the water cooled: 5 minutes.
• There is no opportunity for the humidity to increase within a bucket. That's part of the "secret" to my instructions. Droplets should remain on the sides of the Humidity Box/Chamber for the entire 30 minutes.

Every toe would have a claw if her toes were healthy. It's just something leopard geckos are born with. Do your other leos have claws on their toes?

Don't use polysporin! Use silver sulfadiazine creme instead if there is some sign of infection. Many vets believe that petroleum-based ointments are not good for reptile skin.

 

[TheresaB.C]

I did do that. sorry bad wording on my part. There is a vet near my school, I will go check them out today. Will keep trying on her toes, and will pick up that cream after school.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

I did do that. sorry bad wording on my part. There is a vet near my school, I will go check them out today. Will keep trying on her toes, and will pick up that cream after school.

That's good.

The silver sulfadiazine creme is just in case her toes get infected.

 

[TheresaB.C]

Well, I called the vet this morning to see if I could just drop in with her, I did. She came to school with me today so I could take her in, I had to skip my morning classes since they are booked the rest of the day. The actual vet there was not experienced with reptiles, however one of the vet techs there was. She ended up helping me. Echo has a very small respitory infection right now, got antibiotics for that. She also has pinworms, easy enough too get rid of. As for her toes, they are past saving apparently. The skin on a couple is too tight at this point and are only a source of pain and possible infection. She recommended waiting until she is in better health then making the two hour journey out to our regular vet to get them amputated. We would do it this weekend but she wont do well with anesthesia. They may even fall off before then though. In the meantime she is having pinworms and her respiratory infection treated. For now it is just a matter of keeping them clean and trying to get as much off as possible.

 

[TheresaB.C]

UPDATE:
Found a specialist on Vancouver island! We leave on a ferry tomorrow! This is once heck of a spoiled gecko!

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

UPDATE:
Found a specialist on Vancouver island! We leave on a ferry tomorrow! This is once heck of a spoiled gecko!

Let us know how your appointment goes.

 

[TheresaB.C]

Well, she slept though the entire ferry ride. I had my phone stolen and dropped into the ocean by a seagull, so that was nice... Appointment went well, her respiratory infection is already cleared up, still on meds just in case. She dose need a couple toes amputated sadly, having surgery for that on sunday, staying with family in the mean time.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Well, she slept though the entire ferry ride. I had my phone stolen and dropped into the ocean by a seagull, so that was nice... Appointment went well, her respiratory infection is already cleared up, still on meds just in case. She dose need a couple toes amputated sadly, having surgery for that on sunday, staying with family in the mean time.

Oh my goodness! :yikes: What a thief!!!

You're lucky to have family on Vancouver Island. Have you ever been to Tofino?

 

[TheresaB.C]

I have. absolutely awesome up there. Got swooped at by a bald eagle up there in fact! (that's what I get for walking under its nest) I have family thought Canada, which is both good and bad at the same time. Surgery went well today, she is very out of it at the moment. They had to give her a cone so she would not rip at stitches, obviously they don't make them that small, so they made one from paper and a staple. Wish I had a camera with me, Its absolutely adorable.