McBoredFace
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Zorak is a western banded gecko. As a noob I bought her from petco with her sister Brak who also passed away after getting sick much like Zorak is now but Brak got even worse when she dropped her tail. At this point in time I’m so behind on my bills from a sudden money crisis so now is the worst time for me to worrying about vet bills but there is a vet close by where it’s about 55$ for the visit and our appointment is tomorrow. I’m not sure I can afford the medication which it might be too late for rather than just paying to have her put down to end the suffering. The pictures below show what she used to look like and what she looked like now. It’s crazy she looked fine one day then horrible the next and has only gotten worse. She’s laying on my chest now when she would usually be running away from me and exploring. She’s extremely lethargic and definitely slowly dying, I cry so hard every time I look at her. I got her for my bf and her sister was for me but I took a liking to her after mine passed and now that she’s sick my bf can’t even look at her. But she’s not eating, very lathergic, those are the symptoms you can’t see from the pictures, the pictures will explain everything else.
Basically what I’m asking here is if anyone has had a reptile who has been this sick and knows if she even has a chance of getting better with medicine or if they also agree it’s best to just stop the suffering. Because I have a feeling any vet is going to tell me to get the medicine but I don’t have the money for this, they don’t do payment plans and I can’t get her medicine if she’s just going to pass away hurting anyway. Everyone says by the time you notice a reptile is sick it’s usually too late. And she’s slowly eating her back skin off her like Brak did. I just want to know if you agree if I should end the suffering or is she not as bad as she looks and truly believes she can recover from this? Because I don’t think it’s possible for her to recover... then again it’s my third reptile bought from petco(all bought at the same time) that Got sick and died...
Don’t think my luck is too bad though. I do have a very healthy Blue tongue skink from a good breeder who is doing great. So I did learn my lesson from buying reptile and crickets from petco. I just wish I was able to do something for my reptiles before it came to this. And although my skink seems extremely healthy I am going to bring him in soon for a check up to make sure he’s okay too since he was around my gecko before I saw she was sick.
In this last one she is licking herself and trying to bite off her skin.
As you can see it’s not good. So please I want everyone to be brutally honest. Should she just be put down or do you really believe she can bounce back from this?
Basically what I’m asking here is if anyone has had a reptile who has been this sick and knows if she even has a chance of getting better with medicine or if they also agree it’s best to just stop the suffering. Because I have a feeling any vet is going to tell me to get the medicine but I don’t have the money for this, they don’t do payment plans and I can’t get her medicine if she’s just going to pass away hurting anyway. Everyone says by the time you notice a reptile is sick it’s usually too late. And she’s slowly eating her back skin off her like Brak did. I just want to know if you agree if I should end the suffering or is she not as bad as she looks and truly believes she can recover from this? Because I don’t think it’s possible for her to recover... then again it’s my third reptile bought from petco(all bought at the same time) that Got sick and died...
Don’t think my luck is too bad though. I do have a very healthy Blue tongue skink from a good breeder who is doing great. So I did learn my lesson from buying reptile and crickets from petco. I just wish I was able to do something for my reptiles before it came to this. And although my skink seems extremely healthy I am going to bring him in soon for a check up to make sure he’s okay too since he was around my gecko before I saw she was sick.
In this last one she is licking herself and trying to bite off her skin.
As you can see it’s not good. So please I want everyone to be brutally honest. Should she just be put down or do you really believe she can bounce back from this?
These days vets can sometimes swab a reptile's vent to get the necessary culture.