Gecko With Poor Shed

Today we got a young leopard gecko in as a rescue. The poor little thing has been seen by the vet a couple of weeks ago, according to the date on the cream that was prescribed. His right arm looks like me may lose it as he hasn't shed properly, probably for quite a few previous sheds. His owner brought him in as they can't afford the vet bill to get the arm amputated. So if there is no improvement in the next few days it's another trip to the vets.
Sorry it's not a great pic.

oh my word! poor little thing!!!!! do you think he will be ok?

I am hoping so, I am just giving it a few more days to do the right thing such as warm baths, humid hide and applying the cream, then if not its a trip to the vets and most likely lose the arm. It's just such a damn shame as the young lad who brought it here obviously loved and cared for him and bout all types of shop products and must of spent a tidy some on them too. But where ever he bought the gecko from must of given him the wrong advice on how to keep it.

Oh no ... poor little man !!!

He's in the best possible hands now, please keep us updated on his progress ... fingers crossed that he keeps his arm

Think we just may of saved the geckos leg. This is a skin band that was like a tight elastic band around the top of his arm. It must of been 5 sheds or more to be so bad. So after several warm baths and a humid hide, and very carefully easing the skin off we did it! Now just covered it in Betadine to see what happens now.

God luck with that.

Well done Denise! I thinks that one of the reasons humidity etc has to be spot on with any lizard, otherwise a limb is lost!

Thanks Bam and Bogga

Well in just over 12 hours since the release of that nasty skin band the swelling has come down by 50%.

poor little thing hope he is ok

He is doing much better now and seems happier and no longer in pain. And his hand looks good.

Before pic


After pic.

Cheerio. (I'm getting this British thing, ain't I?!)

PMSL

PMSL = p!ss my self laughing

thats fantastic
! well done!

Thanks love

Reptile Rescue Den wrote:

PMSL = p!ss my self laughing

I wouldnt have got that one either, us men just see PMS we didnt even see the L. PMSL

Awww and what a cutie he is We always keep a humidity box in with our Geko's and whenever we haven't they seem to have had trouble shedding on their toes

Here are a couple more pics that I have just taken. (I borrowed my mums cam) Now you can see his arm better.

Yeah it's a shame... the yound guy who brought him simply wasn't given the right info on how to look after him.

Denise that arm looks like he is going to keep it?, pity bout the toes though, the extremeties are the first to go . But he is looking good!

I looked and thought he was going to lose his arm, too. Best of luck with that one.