Ah, our poor little girl started having trouble breathing and her color
started turning really bad -- she started getting black blotches on her
skin and her eyes started sinking. She would gasp for air every so
often, obviously in distress. So it became obvious she did have internal
injuries and was not going to make it after all.
As long as she seemed to be comfortable, at least when she wasn't
moving, we held out hopes of it just being a broken bone or two.
Especially since her color was still good this morning and she was
breathing okay.
But when we have done the only thing we could think of to ease her pain
and distress, and that was to put her in the freezer. Since she is a
reptile, we are hoping that was a kind thing to do since her body
temperature should fall quickly. It is not something we would do with a
mammal.
Can anyone advise on a better way to put a gecko out of their misery?
As long as there is hope and they aren't in obvious distress, we prefer
to try to keep them quiet, out of harm's way (from cats, dogs, mongoose
or other geckos) and hope for the best. But we do have occasion when
they are in obvious pain and it is no favor to them to keep them alive.
Once we had a little house gecko that someone had tried to eat and whose
skin was partially gone and the ants had gotten to before I found him.
He was e but beyond saving, and obviously in pain, and we froze him as
we did not know what else to do.
If there is something better we could do for them, we would like to
know, as unfortunately it is likely to come up again. The day geckos do
prey on our other two species, as well as their own youngsters. :(
Thanks so much,
Sherron
Sherron wrote:
Aloha,
I have another adult gecko with a problem, although I suspect there is
nothing we can do for her. We found her yesterday, but hoped she would
be better today.
We think she must have fallen from the ceiling, as we found her on the
tile floor in our kitchen and she was moving weakly. I set her down
some papaya and she wiggled behind a box.
Later, we found her on the floor near the refrigerator and she was not
interested in moving at all. We tried picking her up with a large ti
leaf, but she feebly pulled herself up onto my husband's hand and then
fell into my hands. We put her in a cage with a leaf to hide under
along with fruit and water and hoped that she didn't have any internal
injuries. She seemed happier hanging from the side of the cage and
looked pretty good this morning.
But a little while ago, she fell off the side onto the floor of the
cage onto her back and lay there gasping for breath. I'm not sure if
they can breathe properly on their backs, so we turned her over --
which stressed her, but she does seem to be able to breathe easier on
her stomach. I also misted her as I thought it might help her breathe
and she seems a little better now.
But is there anything else I can do for her besides just wait and hope
she is just having pain from broken ribs and not from internal injuries?
Thanks, Sherron
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