15 year old gecko adoptees

[Alusdra]

I got these two from a guy who's had them for 15 years and got them as adults. So they are at least 15 years old- maybe older! I think that's pretty cool. If my first gecko were still alive, she'd be this old. Which makes it even cooler, I think- these two are like a (living!) time capsule to when I first got into geckos.

The guy had some strange ideas on how to keep the geckos, but that's not unusual for we poor hobby keepers that didn't keep up with the new info this past decade. Or really people who trust pet store employees in general... But I couldn't say a thing to him. I mean, they're ancient, so he must have been doing it right, no? Calci sand, heat rock and no humid hide non-withstanding.

The male's hemipenes were prolapsed, however, and the one looks a bit raw. After the first soak though the one's gone back in and the other looks ok. If he hasn't gotten them in by Monday and/or if he looks worse I'll take him to the vet.

The female had some stuck shed on the toes- I managed to get it all off, though it looked like she might have lost one of the nails if left to her own devices much longer (they both have some stumpy toes going on- and both have regrown tails).

Humid hide to be added as soon as I finish making it (don't want to steal one from my others as they're not clean ATM, would take as long to clean as finish making a new one anyway). And apparently my extra heat pad doesn't work so it'll be a trip to the pet store tomorrow to get one. I put two of my other guys on one heat pad temporarily.

I've missed having real normals- my guys are sort of aberrant.

Aren't they cute? :heart:

 

[goReptiles]

Wow. Besides the prolapse, they look pretty good. Are you still housing them together?

 

[david13]

Ya, it is pretty cool that they live for that long, thats older than me. They look pretty nice

I hope the male gets better

 

[Alusdra]

Yeah- I almost adopted a macaw that was older than me- it was a bit strange thinking of an animal being older than you- so used to dogs and cats and others that live short lives.

Do you think I should separate them? I was wondering with the male having the prolapse if it might be a good idea- but then I would have to switch up my cages, so I'd probably have to clean them... I have my older... er... older to me? anyway- my original geckos all separated (they were having weight issues), but I didn't bring extra cages up when I moved... I could do it. My older two get along fine together- the youngling mucked up the fung shue or whatever. And for temporarily it should be ok... But I wasn't sure it was worth the stress of putting them in a totally new cage, possibly with new furniture, etc. the first night I got them. But if they try to mate again it could get worse, of course... I'm torn.

 

[eyelids]

They look good... I would definitely separate them...

 

[Alusdra]

Yeah I had a chat with a vet and he said the same thing. I have him in a small quarantine/isolation cage for the time being... on the plus side I got them both back in, hooray! But he seemed to maybe be enjoying it a bit too much, made it difficult to tell if he was prolapsed or other... :worried2:

My vet told me to use a Q-tip dipped in the sugar water vs. a bath of it- it worked great, plus avoided what the vet termed "sticky gecko syndrome". I gave him a rinse off anyway. He seems to like soaking in standing water- never had a gecko that really enjoyed it before like he seems to.

 

[GekkoGalaksen]

They are for sure genuine beautiful looking Leos!