Gecko seems to be dying

[nikich700]

Little gecko fell of the ceiling on me and then on a floor. I was very shocked but decided to look at him closly but then I found out that he seems to be pretending to be dead! He was lying on his back. I turned him but his back legs look so weak, like he cannot use them. He twitches hardly whenever I touch him. I found out that it can be herp spinal injury. Shall I leave him alone or do I need to feed him somehow. He does not try to escape from my balcony for the second evening. I am rrally worried, how can I help him?

 

[nikich700]

If he is dying suffering will be better just to kill him or he has a chance to recover. You see I am leaving the place I found him, so I would not be able to look after him for long.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Your first thread:

http://www.geckosunlimited.com/comm...ecko-species/86366-type-gecko.html#post489095

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

If he is dying suffering will be better just to kill him or he has a chance to recover. You see I am leaving the place I found him, so I would not be able to look after him for long.

Are there pet stores or zoos in Thailand that might have contacts to people who may care for geckos?

 

[nikich700]

No, this island does not have any pet shop

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

No, this island does not have any pet shop

Zoos?

 

[nikich700]

Can geckos in the wild cure their broken parts of the body?

 

[nikich700]

This island is a nature reserve, so i does not have Zoos. The only thing I can do is to buy insects for him and provide protection and water

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Can geckos in the wild cure their broken parts of the body?

I imagine that geckos would need help from humans to rehab them first.

Maybe the lodging where you're staying could recommend a family to help this gecko?

 

[nikich700]

These are wild geckos, they are everywhere on this island, so noone would take a wild creature to look for. Thai people here can barely understand english! This is the same as to ask a 10 year old to look after a mouse in a random housr

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

This island is a nature reserve

That might be a good lead!

Try reaching out to some employee of the nature reserve. Sometimes employees like this are like minded individuals.


Try gently brushing his back toes. Does that make those toes twitch?

Geckos CAN seemingly regenerate bone calcium. I've got a gecko right now who is doing just that. First and second x-rays about a month apart show new bone calcium in the spine and hip. This gecko can now move freely. Before she was dragging her right rear leg.

 

[nikich700]

People sell dry crickets and shrips. I am leaving on the 10th of January, I can leave him food and water in a box. Put the box with him inside in the garden.

 

[nikich700]

He rapidly puts his back toes closer to his body when I touch them

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

People sell dry crickets and shrips. I am leaving on the 10th of January, I can leave him food and water in a box. Put the box with him inside in the garden.

Then a predator may eat him.

 

[nikich700]

Which nature enemys do geckos have?

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

He rapidly puts his back toes closer to his body when I touch them

/\ :banana: That means the nerves in his feet and legs still respond! That somebody could possibly rehab him.

 

[nikich700]

I saw only birds not bigger than a pigeon or a dove

 

[nikich700]

But how they are supposed to cure themself in a wild nature without humans? This geckos are completly wild

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

But how they are supposed to cure themself in a wild nature without humans? This geckos are completly wild

All geckos that people now keep in captivity were "wild" once upon a time.

I think that this gecko needs help from a kind person to get him back on his feet.

Many people rehab injured pets like cats and dogs. They are "everywhere" too. If someone cares for wildlife they might be interested in rehabbing this gecko.

Are there schools on this island? Maybe a science teacher would take on this project for herself and/or her students.

 

[nikich700]

I think I can give him to the local diver club, they love animals. Thanks for help, so he does not need any kind of treatment exept vitamins and rest?