HELP, my leopard is badly injured.

[jtrstars]

Early this Morning I decided to handle my leopard gecko, Zoey, because she loves to be handled.
when I picked up her rock to get her the rock slipped from my hands and hit her on the snout.
After a few hours I was able to check on her to inspect the wounds, Currently it mostly cuts and bruises on her snout and clots of blood, she still responds to sounds like my voice and will follow it as she is currently blind due the swelling in her eyes. Because of the damage to her jaw she can not eat and I am looking for ways to feed her. I was suggested by a friend to feed her fruit flies hoping that they would be easier to eat with an injured jaw. I'm aware that medical attention is needed but there are no exotic pets hospitals anywhere close nor do I have the money to pay for expensive medical bill.

I am greatly concern for her and I worried she may not make it. She had gone 10 hours and seem to be healing as all her wounds are sealed with scabs.

Any advice I can use to help her would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

 

[acpart]

I moved this thread to the right place (leopard geckos health and medication), so please check to make sure when you post again that you're putting it in the right place.
I'm sorry about your injured gecko. There should be many reptile vets in FL, and not all of them are expensive. Here's a way to find a vet near you: ARAV's Find A Vet
Make sure the wounded area is clean. You can crush a cricket and see if your gecko will eat the guts. You can also drip some water on her nose so she can lick it off. If she doesn't improve soon, you really will have to take her to a vet.

Aliza

 

[jtrstars]

Thank you very much for the advice, I heard on ehow that A&D ointment helps, is this true? I looked at her again and there seems to be what I can describe as a dent in her jaw, would this mean her jaw is broken? The reason I dont think it is because she still can open her mouth but it looks like it hurts

I want to add thank you for moving the post to the proper thread, I not use to how forums work, to be honest it took me five minute to figure out how to post a thread.

I looked at the website you linked me to, The only exotic veterinarian nearby is Dr. Robert Hess, but his website focus mostly with birds and show little about reptiles.

 

[jtrstars]

This is a picture of her injuries, I took this photo yesterday but I see little improvement to her wounds today. Let me know how severe the injuries look.

Sorry the photo is sideways

 

[jtrstars]

Her eyes are still swollen shut but I was able to give her some water. She wasn't able to eat a smushed cricket. I was thinking about crushing up a cricket with some calcium and mixing it in a little bit of water so she could get nutrients by drinking. The idea didn't come to me until after I had placed her back in her current shelter (a cardboard box with openings, that's lightweight to avoid any accidents while she is injured). I'd sanitized my hands with hand sanitizer and didn't want to risk getting it on her, plus she was getting stressed and scared. I will try feeding her again tomorrow.

It hurts thinking that two days ago she was my happy little gecko and seeing her in so much pain.