Aloha, Tracy
What's a death roll?
Your pics are great. We kept thinking that she would eventually shed her
skin -- and we weren't sure she was even going to survive through the
first few days. It has been a surprise each day when I come downstairs
and she is still there, spunky as ever until the last two days. ;)
We are so afraid of "breaking" her, as her arms are about the size of
pencil lead and I have to use a leaf to pick her up. We thought we had
broken her left arm when my husband was trying to soften the skin around
her neck as she didn't use it for a long time after we put her back in,
but we think it must have been the dried skin holding it tight.
We have her "soaking" in the humidity chamber right now -- which she
doesn't like at all -- and she is certainly more limber. She went right
for the wall and keeps trying to crawl up -- unsuccessfully, of course,
since it is wet!
We are really worried, but will try the tweezers again. We really want
her get through this -- she is the spunkiest little day gecko we have seen!
Mahalo,
Sherron
Tracy Vicente wrote:
Is this going through?
Lyle, I cc'd this to you because I didnt see it come through on the
list, though I receive emails from listserv...
can you please post this? I think it will help this gir.
Thanks, Tracy
RE: gold dust hatchling:
I had to reply, I had an incident years ago with a rescue grandis and
the first shed was the issue with this one.
as much as i was afraid i was killing the poor thing, I was vigilant
with LOTS of wet paper towels and qtips.
Here are links to the whole story:
Day one: rescue:
http://www.gexfiles.com/album/grandisbaby/surprise.jpg
Day 2: much relief and on the way to recovery (note the lid of fruit,
that is from one of those TINY pill bottles)
http://www.gexfiles.com/album/grandisbaby/grandisday2_2.jpg
and, this gecko grew to be a full sized adult.... BUT
http://www.gexfiles.com/album/grandisbaby/DSC00010sm.jpg
(you can see all of Esmeralda's photos at
http://www.gexfiles.com/album/grandisbaby/ )
I literally had to shed her by hand every time, right up until the day
she passed away 5 years later. It was a labor of love, she would
squawk and bite, but she wouldnt ever shed on her own, if I left it,
it would have shortened her life even more. Even though her life was
short to begin with, it would have been a lot shorter.
So, I think you need to help this little one, get out the qtips and
paper towels and prepare for the little one to do the death roll a lot.
I hope this helps!
Tracy
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Lyle Puente
*Sent:* Sunday, June 01, 2008 9:35 PM
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*Subject:* Re: [gecko]Question on hatchling Gold Dust Day Gecko
having trouble shedding "egg skin"
You have a tough job!
Can you mist her and maybe injure some of the fruit flies to make
them easier catches?
You might need to mist her well and try a fine tweezer to get that
skin off?
Lyle
Lyle Puente
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On Jun 1, 2008, at 7:15 PM, Sherron wrote:
We found a tiny hatchling on May 13 that was a little
underdeveloped and was still in that grayish skin they have when
they first come out of the shell. She was dehydrated and has a
problem with her right leg, but is spunky.
We haven't been able to release her outside like we do the rest of
the hatchings we find, as her bad leg has kept her from being very
mobile, but she has been doing pretty well eating tiny bugs &
aphids I collect for her. She has also shown a real interest in
the fruit flies around her papaya, but I don't think she has
managed to catch any yet.
But she started having trouble yesterday and was real cold &
clammy, so we put a heating pad near her cage to help warm her up.
It seems to have started her molting her "egg skin", but she has a
bunch of it around her neck that she can't get off.
Is there anything we can do to help her? She is so tiny we don't
see how we could try to cut it off! The rest of the skin except
for around her neck should slough off okay, but the stuff around
her neck is several layers and is a ring, so it may be another
matter. :(
Any help would be greatly appreciated as she is really a spunky
little girl.
Mahalo, Sherron
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