NomsterKitty
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Hi there! So this is kind of a long post... So please bear with me! This is my first time really being on a forum, but I'm seeking help from my fellow reptile lovers!
So my bf's gecko (blizzard morph I believe) dropped her tail on Jan. 17, 2016.
She hasn't eaten since then, and she usually has an amazing appetite.
Backstory on her: My bf got her from his sister who she got from a friend and they explain to care about it and was EXTREMELY skinny and malnourished. She had little to no handling because she's very skittish and mean. (screams and bites when you try to pick her up...which from what I know, is common with blizzards) and my bf took her and has fattened her up, still working on handling but she's making a slow improvement.
Anyways!
She dropped her tail on the 17th after my bf picked up and ornament she was hiding in and she fell off the ornament (not a far drop, maybe around an inch or two) and her tail started spazzing out and her tail looked like it was seizing and she had her mouth open but no screaming.
She was with other geckos that she gets along well with, however is now quarantined by herself. (she's in a aprox. 15 gallon, paper towel bedding that's getting changed every other night to avoid any contamination, has a hide with no moss but wet paper towels basic set up, can't remember temp exactly but i believe around 90-95 F day and 70-75 F night)
He's applying SSD cream (silver sulfadiazine cream) that I get from the vet for reptile related wounds/infections to her tail. Her tail isn't bleeding but it is red. The first night he did apply triple antibiotic ointment (with no pain killers in it) to help clean the wound. He has been soaking her as well.
I just want to make sure that I am taking all the right steps with her and what I should do about the eating?
We plan on taking her to the vet when she gets back into the state (contacted her about the triple antibiotic and SSD cream and she told me that I was fine doing that).
My main concern is her not eating because she dropped her tail. Should we try different food sources? Or resort to carnivore care by oxbow/slurries of womrs to be force fed?
I'm standoffish on the force feeding because she does NOT like being handled and I don't want to stress her out more.....
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
So my bf's gecko (blizzard morph I believe) dropped her tail on Jan. 17, 2016.
She hasn't eaten since then, and she usually has an amazing appetite.
Backstory on her: My bf got her from his sister who she got from a friend and they explain to care about it and was EXTREMELY skinny and malnourished. She had little to no handling because she's very skittish and mean. (screams and bites when you try to pick her up...which from what I know, is common with blizzards) and my bf took her and has fattened her up, still working on handling but she's making a slow improvement.
Anyways!
She dropped her tail on the 17th after my bf picked up and ornament she was hiding in and she fell off the ornament (not a far drop, maybe around an inch or two) and her tail started spazzing out and her tail looked like it was seizing and she had her mouth open but no screaming.
She was with other geckos that she gets along well with, however is now quarantined by herself. (she's in a aprox. 15 gallon, paper towel bedding that's getting changed every other night to avoid any contamination, has a hide with no moss but wet paper towels basic set up, can't remember temp exactly but i believe around 90-95 F day and 70-75 F night)
He's applying SSD cream (silver sulfadiazine cream) that I get from the vet for reptile related wounds/infections to her tail. Her tail isn't bleeding but it is red. The first night he did apply triple antibiotic ointment (with no pain killers in it) to help clean the wound. He has been soaking her as well.
I just want to make sure that I am taking all the right steps with her and what I should do about the eating?
We plan on taking her to the vet when she gets back into the state (contacted her about the triple antibiotic and SSD cream and she told me that I was fine doing that).
My main concern is her not eating because she dropped her tail. Should we try different food sources? Or resort to carnivore care by oxbow/slurries of womrs to be force fed?
I'm standoffish on the force feeding because she does NOT like being handled and I don't want to stress her out more.....
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
