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Ceretrea
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Hi there,
This is rather urgent so I'm posting this before an intro.
A friends of my husbands has had to take her leopard gecko to a vet as it had an impaction from eating sand. They managed to clear it and the gecko started eating again but has now become very lethargic. It has lost a lot of weight.
As I understand it, today at the vets, it has been prescribed antibiotics and vitamins but the vet is suggesting putting it to sleep tomorrow if there is no improvement.
Is there anything else she can do. I'm not a herp keeper but I know enough that sand is not a great substrate and pet shop stock is the worst place to buy a pet from. It most definitely has not had the best start in life and there is no doubt her husbandry can be improved, and she is keen to do so.
But she needs something she can do now to save it.
This is rather urgent so I'm posting this before an intro.
A friends of my husbands has had to take her leopard gecko to a vet as it had an impaction from eating sand. They managed to clear it and the gecko started eating again but has now become very lethargic. It has lost a lot of weight.
As I understand it, today at the vets, it has been prescribed antibiotics and vitamins but the vet is suggesting putting it to sleep tomorrow if there is no improvement.
Is there anything else she can do. I'm not a herp keeper but I know enough that sand is not a great substrate and pet shop stock is the worst place to buy a pet from. It most definitely has not had the best start in life and there is no doubt her husbandry can be improved, and she is keen to do so.
But she needs something she can do now to save it.
