BethanyB
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...and she didn't come out of it too well 
Story is we were gone for the weekend and she somehow escaped, and one of the cats must have found her. Luckily she's alive, but badly shaken up and covered in tiny scratch marks, and most obviously missing most her tail.
So far we've put neosporin on the tail and she got a betadine bath to wash out the wounds on her body. What I'm looking for now is any advice on what would be the best course of action. I want to leave her alone as much as possible, but I don't want any of the wounds to get infected. How much is enough when it comes to tending the scratches and tail tip without going overboard and preventing it from healing on it's own?
Other than that all the bases are being covered. She's in a super clean tub in the rack system (we're going to rig some method of a barrier for the tubs so they can't accidentally slide out anymore) on clean paper towels, has fresh water and will be getting all the food she can eat as she recovers.
This is my first time having a gecko lose a tail, so any extra advice would be helpful. Not to mention she's got all those scratches on her body, ouch...
Story is we were gone for the weekend and she somehow escaped, and one of the cats must have found her. Luckily she's alive, but badly shaken up and covered in tiny scratch marks, and most obviously missing most her tail.
So far we've put neosporin on the tail and she got a betadine bath to wash out the wounds on her body. What I'm looking for now is any advice on what would be the best course of action. I want to leave her alone as much as possible, but I don't want any of the wounds to get infected. How much is enough when it comes to tending the scratches and tail tip without going overboard and preventing it from healing on it's own?
Other than that all the bases are being covered. She's in a super clean tub in the rack system (we're going to rig some method of a barrier for the tubs so they can't accidentally slide out anymore) on clean paper towels, has fresh water and will be getting all the food she can eat as she recovers.
This is my first time having a gecko lose a tail, so any extra advice would be helpful. Not to mention she's got all those scratches on her body, ouch...
