need help badly!

[geckomeister]

hey guys... my hatchling got out of its bin then me and my brother were trying to find it all over the place.. then all of a sudden an accident happened. as my brother tried to push the table back.. the gecko shouted and apparently its left hand got stuck.. perhaps it was painful enough he tore his own hand away from the table. what should i do? very tragic

 

[DrCarrotTail]

How sad! I would get him to a vet ASAP - like seriously call and make an emergency visit NOW. If you want to try to save him, his leg needs to be treated and he needs to put on antibiotics to reduce the chance of infection. If you don't want to treat it you need to have him put down so he doesn't have to suffer any more than he already is.

 

[Ozy]

You need to take it to the vet RIGHT NOW, can you not see it's suffering?

 

[sausage]

also that thing dangling off its leg looks like stuck shed, is it?
if it is you need to remove it righ now as its constricting the blood flow.

 

[Ozy]

Honestly Sausage, I've been looking at it and it doesn't look like a torn leg or whatever done by a table. It looks all shriveled and dead, like something constricted it (stuck shed?) and it just died. I could be wrong, but that's what it looks like to me. I just hope the right thing was done....

 

[Cesar_Da_KIng]

Its all the loose skin after he tore his hand off

 

[mygeckonamedyayo]

Take the lil fellow to the vet please do it for your Gecko if it really matters to you he is in pain man.

 

[geckomeister]

actually i brought him to the vet before i posted here.. the vet didnt want to accomodate me..

that is why im asking you guys for help. it matters to me so much,, like i have said.. its an accident. if mercy killing is the right thing to do.. so be it.

 

[Ozy]

I would be calling every vet in town! And at this point I think the best thing would be just to have it put to sleep. I say this because it's been too long on that leg without medical care. He is suffering SO bad... PLEASE don't "mercy kill" it yourself. Just take it to a vet and tell the vet he needs to be put to sleep. Because honestly, if that was YOUR leg wouldn't YOU be suffering horribly? I hope no one thinks I am heartless or mean, but I'm not. I'm just trying to think about what quality of life the little thing will have after going so long without any medical treatment and what kind of pain it must be in.

 

[pandoras box]

What do you mean the vet didn't want to accommodate you? Why not?? Go to a different vet!

I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

 

[tiedxupxinxknots]

It needs to be amputated before it gets inffected and spreads, it shouldnt be a fatal injury if treated..

 

[geckomeister]

hi guys. wasnt able to go ol for the past few days. the lg is really doing great now. treating him with some triple antibacterial ointment. will post his updated pic soon.

 

[WilliamTheLeopardGecko]

The vet should amputate the leg. It's sad but the poor fellow is in pain!!! Give him special care and don't put him in a place where other geckos can make fun of him. Don't mercy kill it because the gecko has his whole life ahead of him!!!

 

[Crewdog00]

good news is that a leopard gecko can live with 3 legs in captivity. Bad news is you will most likely have to lose this leg. So sad...

 

[Crewdog00]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9jPE7jBcM0

 

[geckomeister]

here it is guys he's fully healed now.. and eats a lot of mealworms
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[sausage]

Im glad that its healed. good luck with him

 

[Dandizette]

I'm glad to see your gecko is pulling through with the leg injury and is healing. I recently lost a little gal who had to lose a leg and it was real hard. Still congratulations and I wish the little guy all the luck. : )

From here on out though, find a vet who WILL treat your animals and WILL work with you, so nothing like this will ever happen again.

 

[ShadowSong]

I'm glad to see he's doing better- that was really sad to see.