How do I care for a severly neglected gecko?

[LadyWelder]

Yesterday I agreed to take a leopard gecko from one of my neighbors. It was a pet of one of their children and has been severely neglected. She is obviously starved and severely dehydrated. I am a python owner and know very little about gecko care outside of the basic daily maintenance. I have cleaned out the revolting tank, given her proper heat/hide/water etc. I have also misted her several times with a lukewarm spray I use on my pythons when they have shed issues to remove the multiple layers of sheds that were stuck to her feet and head. I am almost sure she cant see, so I doubt she would be able to eat the meal worms I bought. I don't want to do anything that might shock her or hurt her, she seems extremely fragile right now. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Ruvik]

First off you need to make a nice slurry for her. So you can feed her by hand. I would go get Fluker's repta+boost which is a booster for starved/dehydrated. Also pick up repashy super food for leopard geckos, calci with D3 and Herptivite. Here is a link to a wonderful slurry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Waq6RanGyc

I myself didn't use this slurry for my rescued leopard gecko. I kinda made my own using a little of repta+boost, repashy, calcium with d3, mealworms, crickets, and a special milk used for dogs given to me by a vet. If you drip a little on their nose at a time, they will lick it up. It will take a lot of time to get a good bit in them, but if you work with the gecko and feed it twice a day the slurry, it should perk up and start to gain weight. Mine after a week of the slurry went from 7grams to 12grams (He should be at least 20 grams) and is now happily hunting on his own eating two crickets and two meal worms a day.