Sherron ~ Sorry to hear about this poor soul. You obviously have geckos' best interests at heart. May she rest in peace.
I don't have the answer to your euthanasia question, but I'm certain someone on this list might. Elizabeth > Subj:[gecko]Re: Question on gecko who fell; and on euthanasia > Date:6/2/08 4:04:22 PM Pacific Daylight Time > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sherron) > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</A> > To: [email protected] > > 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? > > > > Elizabeth ~~~geckos make my heart sing (and dance)~~~ l l l ^^ /..\ ^^ /..\ ^^ ^^ /..\ ^^ l l ^^ llll \\\ l l llll /// l l llll \\\ l l ~~ llll /// ~~ ( ~~ ) ~~ ~~ ( ~~ ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) lappert(a) robert(a) hubert(a) 17.50 yo r.i.p. r.i.p. (All Lepidodactylus lugubris!) <BR><BR>**************<BR>Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food.<BR> (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4?& NCID=aolfod00030000000002)</HTML>
