Need help

[ez2animate]

My little brothers leopard gecko isn't looking good at all. He is a juvie, and he is very skinny. His head is hung low, and looks like he can barely walk. His back feet looks like he can't move them, and the end of the tail looks the same way. It's red also, and kind of looks crusty. What's wrong with him and is there any way to save him because i know if I don't do anything he'll die.

 

[Stomlin35]

A few questions:

It is eating?
Is he pooping?
What are your floor temps? (need to be around 93 for them to digest properly)
What kind of substrate?
Do you provide extra calcium for your gecko? (lack of calcium can cause the leg issues, and jaw issues among other things, so you need to dust their food with calcium and offer a calcium dish in the tank)
Do you provide a humid hide?
Do you have pictures you can post?

 

[ez2animate]

He is not eating
he is not pooping, and it also looks like he threw up. There's a huge lump (looks to big to be poop for him ) with half digested mealworms
on repti carpet
No my brother didn't give him calcium
no humid hide
and no pictures because I'm on my iPod touch because my computers broken.

But his feet are red and the end of his tail also. He can't move that part, or his toes. I guess it kind of looks necrotic (I don't know If that is the right word)

 

[Stomlin35]

I'm not a vet (although you really need to take your gecko to one) but it sounds like a mixture of a bad shed from lack of humid hide, regurgitation because of temperatures not being high enough, and calcium deficiency from not having a supplemental calcium source.

First and foremost I would recommend making an appointment with a vet. While you wait, you need to get your gecko a humid hide, and give it a bath. Fill a bowl with luke warm water just enough for your gecko to walk around in, and let it soak for a few minutes in order to loosen some of the dead skin. You'll also need to adjust the floor temperature of your enclosure to about 93 degrees. Do NOT guesstimate... get a thermometer. I would also like you to try getting your gecko to eat some of the Gecko Soup (recipe at the top of the forum). You'll also need to add a calcium dish to your tank for the future.

 

[ez2animate]

Sadly he died last night. It looked like it was getting worse every hour. Now my brother has a sub adult. Hopefully it will do better than his last one. But I have a question, the lizard looks perfect and very healthy but he has a kink on the end of his tail. It bends o te right. Just wondering what would cause that and if it's anything to worry about (though I'm sure he's going to be alright.

 

[Tony C]

Some kinks are genetic, some happen in the egg, and some are caused by an accident. As long as the tail tip appears healthy it's nothing to worry about. Breeding geckos with kinked tails is generally frowned upon unless you know for sure it was from an accident and not a possible genetic flaw.

 

[ez2animate]

Alright. He looks like the healthiest gecko I've ever seen from (we aren't allowed to say the name right?). He seems to be very active and is exploring his cage. He's already giving us memories. We had our heat lamp on just to warm the cage a few degrees and walks out of his hide, stairs directly at the lamp and then a look on his face like,"omg that was bright" and stood there for a while.