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Cheaton
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Hi everyone,
I am on my husbands account. He has a leopard gecko and this gecko is about 3 years old. Boy about maybe 6-8 months ago, this gecko had stopped eating. She went a long while without losing weight and would very occasionally eat a worm here and there. Then she went completely anorexic, not eating at all. I am a scientist, so I have checked the lizard for parasites, and even gave the lizard a week dose of baytril in case there was a bacterial infection. But nothing, the lizard still wont eat. So we started forcefeeding emergency food that we got at the pet store. At first she would eat it, but now she is regurgitating it and even in that regurgitation, there looks to be streaks of red (blood?). Well now the lizard is starting to finally lose weight on her tail. Its getting really skinny. So we cant forcefeed her anymore, we tried antibiotics and we looked for parasites (and even treated with panacur).
I think the lizard is on its way out and I dont like watching her die what appears to be a slow, starvation like death. What do I do?
Vet is out of the question, I absolutely refuse to take a lizard to the vet (though my husband would of course). We had a VERY sick dog that we treated with a very EXPENSIVE surgery and now we also have a rescue dog. Im afraid our money needs to remain available for the dogs in case the one gets sick again. Sorry folks, but in this economy, we simply can not risk debt for a lizard!
Well any suggestions (aside from going to the vet) are welcome.
Anna
I am on my husbands account. He has a leopard gecko and this gecko is about 3 years old. Boy about maybe 6-8 months ago, this gecko had stopped eating. She went a long while without losing weight and would very occasionally eat a worm here and there. Then she went completely anorexic, not eating at all. I am a scientist, so I have checked the lizard for parasites, and even gave the lizard a week dose of baytril in case there was a bacterial infection. But nothing, the lizard still wont eat. So we started forcefeeding emergency food that we got at the pet store. At first she would eat it, but now she is regurgitating it and even in that regurgitation, there looks to be streaks of red (blood?). Well now the lizard is starting to finally lose weight on her tail. Its getting really skinny. So we cant forcefeed her anymore, we tried antibiotics and we looked for parasites (and even treated with panacur).
I think the lizard is on its way out and I dont like watching her die what appears to be a slow, starvation like death. What do I do?
Vet is out of the question, I absolutely refuse to take a lizard to the vet (though my husband would of course). We had a VERY sick dog that we treated with a very EXPENSIVE surgery and now we also have a rescue dog. Im afraid our money needs to remain available for the dogs in case the one gets sick again. Sorry folks, but in this economy, we simply can not risk debt for a lizard!
Well any suggestions (aside from going to the vet) are welcome.
Anna