Need help with after care of egg bound gecko

[Hilizane]

Need help with leopard gecko egg-bound after care

I have a leopard gecko that was anorexic with significant weight loss and refusing to eat. She underwent ovocentesis and successfully passed 2 eggs over the last 2 days.+

Questions I have: are there ever more than 2 eggs? We did do an X-ray and the eggs were not visible on X-ray.

When can I hope for her to start eating? I have been force feeding water/Gatorade mixture and crested gecko diet with meal worm mushed into it. She has stooled daily.+


I have her in a large plastic tub on paper towels and with a moist hide with spaghum moss. I have a ceramic heat emitter on and temps are 80-90.

Her behavior is pretty normal but she is so emaciated I have no idea when she last ate on her own.+

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[acpart]

I've had some geckos get pretty skinny after breeding. If they don't eat on their own, I hold them and gently push a feeder into their mouths. Many of them will eat this way. That may be a good way to start before offering the puree.

Aliza

 

[Hilizane]

I've had some geckos get pretty skinny after breeding. If they don't eat on their own, I hold them and gently push a feeder into their mouths. Many of them will eat this way. That may be a good way to start before offering the puree.

Aliza

I didn't want to breed but I was lax in separating the lizards. They were too young to sex when I got them and I was just trying to begin try to ascertain their sexes when she came out of hiding looking all bloated. I will try to pop a worm in her mouth. Should be easy as she tries to bite me when I pick her up. Thanks

 

[Hilizane]

Follow-up: I put mealworms in her mouth for a few days, them she began eating on her own. She is doing well and slowly gaining weight. Now separated from the males, as best as I can tell anyway.


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