fat tail geckos?

Question

not sure if you know about fat tail geckos but help if you can.
my cousin didn't take care of it. its the age between 1 and 2.small tail is super small. he has no toes left. one back leg is white. doesn't eat on its own. feeding it phenix worms and crikets(forcing). with seringe giving it water with calcium in it. one eye wont open. one opens sometimes.im stuck no idea what to do.plz help if you can

Answer 1

it doesnst sound good but if it has any chance at all you can use pedialyte for water and keep heat up to keep metabolism up dont want him to get cold then his system will shut down but tomorrow when stores open up you need to get insectovore emergency aid (has butloads of calories) and feed him that. youll have to force feed this stuff but comes with everything you need i run a reptile rescue organization and this is how i treat reptiles that come in this way. as far as toes are concerned they fight in the wild and lose limbs but adjust very well to it. it is most likely from poor husbandry not keeping humidity up high enough for it to shed right.(small peices of skin left after enough sheds will cut cerculation off to toes and will eventually fall off, kinda same way people, dumb ones at least, crop pit bulls ears with a rubberband)

Answer 2

The Fat-tailed gecko is from the subfamily Eublepharinae. Members of this subfamily include the banded geckos of North America and the leopard gecko of Pakistan. This subfamily has clearly different characteristics from other geckos. They are terrestrial, nocturnal, have moveable eyelids, have vertical pupils, and no adhesive lamellae (sticky feet).

The Fat-tailed gecko is found in West Africa, from Senegal to Cameroon. Their habitat is dry and arid, although they will spend most of their time in a dark, humid hiding place.

The Fat-tailed gecko will grow to be 6 to 10 inches. Females being 6 to 8 inches, and males being 8 to 10 inches. They will live 15 to 20 years. The normal coloring is brown and tan stripes, with a possible thin white stripe along the length of the back. The under belly is pale pink or off-white.

The Fat-tailed gecko is equipped with the natural defense of being able to lose their tails when attacked by a predator. The tail is also where they store their fat, an important energy reserve. If the tail is lost the new tail will look more similar to the head (fat and stubby), and may not match the coloration patterns of the body of the gecko.

Calcium is a very important part of the Fat-tail's diet. The primary source of their diet is crickets. Various sources show fat-tails can be fed as little as 3 times a week and as often as once a day. But everyone agrees that the crickets that are being fed to the fat-tails need to be calcium rich. This can be done by feeding the crickets calcium rich food or coating them with a calcium powder. Pinky mice, mealworms and wax worms can be also offered occasionally.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Squamata

Suborder: Sauria

Family: Eublepharidae

Genus: Hemitheconyx

Species: H. caudicinctus

Answer 3

It's a leo, not a fat tail. The care for them are basically the same so her thinking it was a fat tail didn't hurt it any. You do need to get the stuck shed off it's toes. Put him in a small container with a lid. Add just enough warm water to cover his feet and leave him in there for 5-10 minutes. That should allow him to get it off by himself. Then make sure he has a moist hide spot when he's going to shed next so he doesn't have the same problem. I've seen geckos with no toes and even a couple with no feet because their owners didn't bother to get the stuck shed off their toes/feet.

Answer 4

honestly hun I hate to say it but it sounds like your poor little gecko might be on its last leg....usually when a gecko stops eating & wont drink its because its body basically has shut down, when reptiles get So sick they just get to a point that their bodies quit....you could try to take it to a vet in fact I WOULD if I were you & alos to try something at home try to hydrate the little guy.....put some very warm but not too hot water in a plastic dish that you can poke holes in the top & put a lid on, just put enough water so the gecko can stand in it but not have it go over his head & put the lid on, keep him in there maybe w a heating pad underneath for a couple hours & hopefully this will return his body hydration back to normal, I warn you though this is kinda a crap shoot, I had a loepard gecko taht became VERY sick whiles under a friends care & even the rehydration didnt help much.....IM sorry you have to experience this. Like I said Id try to get him to a vet they might be able to interveinously give him viatmins 7 hydrate him & this MAY save him.....BEST OF LUCK! and tell you cousin not to get anymore pets =(

Answer 5

It's done for. If you have to force feed it, It's already too late. Your cousin shouldn't replace it when he dies because it is apparent he doesn't know anything about taking care of any reptile since all you have to do is feed it gutloaded crickets and clean the cage occas., help it shed if needed, and keep it watered. He neglected it pure as day, Sad as it may sound, take it to the vet and euthanize it. It is probably the most humane thing to do. There really isn't nothing you can do it sounds like he already has 3 legs in the grave. Put him out of his misery and beat your cousin's *** for me. And if he so much as thinks about getting another, beat his *** again.

Answer 6

Sounds to me like it's done for...you can try to take it to the vet, but I don't think that's going to help too much, especially if its toes are gone. Just try and make it comfortable....I hate to say it, but I don't think it's going to make it very long.

Answer 7

it sounds like it is really sick,have you dipped your crickets in the vitimian powder and do you have adiquate lighting so they get the vitimians they need?try doing these things and see what happens if you havent already,call a vet also and see what they say,but i would change all the sand/bedding and try diffrent lighting