Need help with dehydrated leopard gecko

superknoty

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Chiang Mai, Thailand
Hi Guys , I have order my new tempp Raptor from breeder and he only ship my leo only throug mail , It took about 2 and half day from breeder to get to my house first I rapidly unbox my new leo and place her in to new cage due to the temperature in my country for past two day is very hot abot (38 - 45 C). and I pace the cage in to my basement and let her sleep for a day .. her first consition after I saw her is she kinda weak and tried I assume that due to the heat is there any sugestion to do with her because it almost 24 hr after I receive her and all she just do is sleep and not eating at all .

Ps.
At 12 hr after I recieved her I try to force feed her with my gecko recipe soup which contain
1 handful of meal worm
2 table spoon of wild honey
1 table spoon of water

all blend together and after I feed her about 5-6 drop she just throw all the dang things up so I have stop feed her and let her rest :main_huh:

Please help with this issue Thank you a lot I dont want this poor thing to die
 

GeckoCrossing

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Hampton, GA
Well right now she is probably really stressed. Best thing you can do for her is to let her rest and acclimate to her new home. Leave a dish of clean water in her tank, along with pure calcium, and only disturb her to give her fresh water. You can add unflavoured pedialyte to the water to help her recover faster.
As for feeding, unless it's a baby she won't need fed immediately. Trying to force feed her will only result in more stress and regurgitation. As long as her tail has a little girth to it, she will be fine. After a few days to herself to recover, try dropping a couple of mealworms in and see if she's interested. If not, just continue with the same thing every day. IF she starts to lose weight and look skinny and her tail gets skinny, get her to a vet as soon as possible.
 

kaws

sUpReMe
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Canada
You could also try getting a eye dropper and drip some water on his nose to hydrate him.
 

LeopardShade

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Western Montana
Please stop force feeding immediately. There is absolutely no need to do so, especially when you've gotten your gecko so recently. It will do nothing but put loads of stress on the acclimating reptile, which could lead to it resisting actual food. As you've probably seen, your stressful method actually had adverse effects, as it only led to the expulsion of valuable nutrients from the gecko. Right now, you need to leave the gecko alone and let it be for at least a week (monitoring the gecko/cage, spot cleaning or changing water when needed, and no handling!). During the acclimating period, it is extremely common for geckos to go off feed due to the stress of being in a big new place. I'd leave it be for a couple of days until trying mealworms or crickets again.
 

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