Dammmit...

PaulSage

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I stole all of the humid hides from the adult leos to wash them all & replace the substrate, leaving the leos w/o a hide box for a few hours (hey, when you've got 100+ hides to wash it takes a while). Anyway, I had been keeping my male & female RW Blazings together because they got along so very well during breeding season, and since I wasn't going to pair him with anyone else in the near future, I just hadn't taken him out yet.

This is what I found when I went to give them their humid hides back (yes, they had two).

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I moved her to a clean cage after rinsing her tail off with some saline (contact lens solution, lol) and put a little Neosporin on the bites. This is my first official "breeding wound" and I'm just pissed that it happened to one of my FAVORITE geckos. She had actually gained weight while breeding, she has the sweetest personality, and she produced a ton (I'd have to go count) of beautiful healthy babies this year, which I thought was pretty good considering she's a first year breeder.

Anyway, it pissed me off so I'm ranting. lol
 
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That sucks about the bites, but she looks great and I'm sure she will heal up just fine. Neosporin will do the job.;) I too have had breeding wounds but nothing serious. Unfortunately the breeding wound I did get was on my baldy's head, and when it healed she developed spots there!:furious2:
 

RaiQuee

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Rofl, i thought those were spots and I didn't see the problem. I was also going to get super pissy, as I love spotty blizzes :D

Sorry about the bites Paul, My blizzes get NASTY when it comes to breeding season. I am really surprised I haven't seen dropped tails yet.
 

Franks_Geckos

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Paul, I am sorry for you. It does suck when it happens to any female, let alone one of your favorites. One of my best breeder girls is permanently disfigured from a bite to the eyelid received during a "love session". I have also had to treat a few others for chunks of skin missing from their tails and backs, so I know the frustration you are feeling. Sometimes they just don't understand that it is better to give in than to fight the male off, and the end result isn't pretty. Neosporin should do the trick and hopefully for you, there will be no unsightly scars on her.
 

PaulSage

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Update

I figured I'd post an updated picture of her tail now that she's all healed up. You can hardly tell that anything happened, so I guess the Neosporin did the trick. :main_yes:

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Gregg M

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PaulSage said:
so I guess the Neosporin did the trick.

Actually Paul, you would have gotten the same result without the neosporin... I never treat any superficial wounds with anything... Reptiles heal up very fast and very well without human intervention... They have been doing it for millions of years... There isnt anyone chasing wild reptiles with a tube of neosporin... LOL...

Also, you need to realize that breeders will never stay perfect looking....

Try breeding large monitors... LOL... Males inflict what you might think are serious wounds but most of the time they heal very fast... Then again, there were a couple of times when stitches were needed...

Beautiful leo by the way...
 

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Awww! I'm glad she healed up without any noticable scarring! I use a triple antibiotic cream for my wounded ones... even if they don't need it. (Makes me feel like I'm helping them, lol!)
 

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Golden Gate Geckos said:
I use a triple antibiotic cream for my wounded ones... even if they don't need it. (Makes me feel like I'm helping them, lol!)

Exactly! I totally understand Gregg's point, and I'm sure that she would have healed without the neosporin. But there wasn't really much that I could do for her, and I would have felt bad doing nothing. (I'm a softy, lol)

Gregg M said:
Try breeding large monitors... LOL... Males inflict what you might think are serious wounds but most of the time they heal very fast... Then again, there were a couple of times when stitches were needed...

I can imagine. We used to raise parrots, and just putting the males and females together would make me nervous as heck. I'm still shocked at what one bird might do to another. Then again, I guess some humans aren't any different.
 
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nwheat

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That is one beautiful gecko!! :)

I agree that minor wounds may not really need anything - but especially with our favorite breeders I think it is well worth it to try to minimize scarring, and as Marcia said, to make us feel better! :) My vet gave me some great cream that is both antibacterial and antifungal.
 

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