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Buy a bit of shed aid and add a leopard gecko with shedding problems. But I could see his nostrils when he had the scab.
It can be fatal if allowed to continue.
Softening a scab on a leopard gecko. I have a leopard gecko about 1 yr I have noticed on his lipmouth what seems to be familiar to fever blisterscabbed sore he also is keeping his eye closedno dranage from either that I have notic. Other people rub this on their geckos prior to shedding when the gecko turns white and have had great results. The best way to stop stuck shed is to prevent it in the first place so always remember to check your humidity levels in your vivarium and please PLEASE make sure you always have a moist hide for your leopard gecko.
This can be a serious problem and can even be fatal. You can take your leopard gecko to a vet and they can put some topical ointment on them or give them some antibiotics. But again prevention is the best cure here by careful habitat setup.
Hopefully you never have to deal with any of these problems with your leopard gecko. They tend to get them stuck on their little tippy toes and sometimes on their tail. Grab a kritter carrier with a lid and put about an inch of warm water in there.
Buy a bit of shed aid and add a leopard gecko with shedding problems. Let soak for an hour or two remove and peel away the access skin. Leopard geckos need a wide variety of insects that are well fed a calcium rich diet and should be dusted with calcium just prior to feeding.
A common consequence of poor diet is hepatic lipidosis. Long-term stomach tubing or feeding tube support is indicated until the geckois eating well on its own usually in 6 to 8 weeks. If your gecko has a cut clean it once a day until the skin closes up.
You can use honey to keep the wound sealed from dirt and germs. Petroleum jelly can also work but it can slow the healing process in reptiles. For leopard geckos squeeze the substrate in your hand tightly to let out extra water if using re-hydrated bricks.
The substrate should be kept just wet enough to support some dessert plants but dry enough that it becomes firm after a light daily misting has dried. Healthy leopard geckos poop should be soft but not runny. It should be medium-dark to dark in color and have a white-yellowing excretion which is uric acid.
Leopard geckos preserve water by only excreting uric acid instead of urine. Sometimes you might also notice cricket or other insect waste that has not been fully digested wings etc. Leopard geckos are nocturnal lizards in the family Eublepharidae.
While they are native to the desert regions of Pakistan India and Afghanistan they prefer to shelter in cooler damp underground burrows in the wild. Leopard geckos are unique in that they possess true moveable eyelids that are crinkled 10 and not spectacle 16. The symptoms youre seeing usually mean the tail has gotten infected.
A condition called dry gangrene is common. Your gecko needs to be seen by a reptile vetBecause the infection can keep spreading up the tail and even the body its best to have it treated by a vet. It can be fatal if allowed to continue.
Medically one of the common conditions that we see in geckos is a syndrome commonly called stick tail disease. Generally speaking it is an accumulation of signs seen in lizards and left untreated leads to a wasted body condition. It is seen in many species of geckos including leopard geckos fat- tail geckos and crested geckos.
Your moist hide plays an important role because it assists in softening your leopard geckos skin in the instance of a shed but if the moist hide isnt moist enough your leopard gecko will try and find other means of softening their skin in order to get the shed off. On average you have to increase the tank size by 5 gallons 19 litres for every gecko you add. 10 gallons 38 litres 1 leopard gecko.
15 gallons 57 litres 2 leopard gecko. 20 gallons 76 litres 3 leopard gecko. Leos are ground geckos and prefer tanks that are long and relatively shallow.
Sometimes i cricket leg can scrape or catch on a geckos mouth and irritate it. It could also be mouth rot as brad suggested. Try to dab at it with a q-tip moistened with chlorhexadinenovalsan or betadine if you dont have chlorhexadine.
If it come off readily clean the area with more chlorhexadinebetadine and keep an eye on it. The betadine will. I left my 15 year old male leopard gecko in the care of someone else as I am away at college and today they sent me a photo of my little fella.
Sadly I noticed he had a small black risen scab on his head and one on the side of this tail. I dont think its a tumor as its not a morph and doesnt seem large at all about the. My leopard gecko about 3 months dropped his tail during the night and had had a black dot on it.
It wont come off when I rinse it and I have asked leopard gecko owners and they thought it was a piece of loose substrate and not a scab. Dumerils has a scab. Ssd cream will also work silver sulfadiazene but neither will do much good unless you can determine how she is getting the lesionhow it is getting worse amd then remove the cage furniture or whatever that she is rubbing against.
Leopard geckos will do anything to get the shed off their nose and that includes rubbing it on hard surfaces such as the glass or the rough surface of a hide. And when this happens some licking can occur in attempts to keep it clean and soothe the pain. If your gecko has just completed a shed and its nose looks red and is licking the tip of.
There are a few steps you can take to prevent the risk of tail rot in your leopard gecko. Always buy leopard geckos from reputable breeders and pet shops. Ensure you select the healthiest gecko as your pet.
Ensure you feed high-quality food. Remove any safety concerns from the enclosure. Ensure you maintain the right heating and humidity.
His nose doesnt seem to be plugged. He rubbed the scab off since I took this pic and now has the pink skin underneath showing and I have the scab and it has nose holes in it. But I could see his nostrils when he had the scab.
So I dont think they were covered. The problem is hes not letting it heal it keeps coming back. Gaping in leopard geckos may signify aggression overheating metabolic bone disease or a respiratory illness.
A leopard gecko will also display this gaping behavior if it is choking or has food stuck in its throat. Gaping is a normal behavior in leopard geckos and is usually not a cause for concern except in the cases of choking metabolic. Conjunctivitis is the technical name for pinkeye an inflammation of the pink tissue that lines the lids around your geckos eyesThis pinkish-red fleshy part of the eye is called the conjunctiva and bacterial conjunctivitis is common in leopard geckos who can get it from dirty water or any dirty environment that harbors bacteria.
One of the primary causes of. Remove any loose substrate or it will stick to the wound. Replace it with paper towels while the tail is healing.
Make sure your leopard gecko is alone in the tank. Other geckos will bully the gecko without a tail and cause even more stress. Sperm plug question.
Discussion in Leopard Gecko Forum started by MikeM Aug 3 2011. My leopard gecko has developed a 3rd sperm plug. He has had 2 in the past year or so.
I removed the two old plugs with tweezers with no problems. This night we are going to remove the new one.