does this little guy/girl have a chance

[melodyb1985]

i dont own any geckos..but i found this add on another website and i feel so horrible that someone could treat an animal like this but i was woundering do any of you think it still has a chance at life..and if so...how would u get it better and looking healthy..and also how long do you think it was neglected for it to look like this?

[Don]

I've nursed a rescued gecko back to health, but it was no where near that bad of a condition. That is pretty bad. I've never seen one that looked that bad. Poor thing. Is it eating and drinking? Hopefully, someone with experience can help you.

[melodyb1985]

hes not mine its an ad on another website...it is for sale for $15 but i would like to help it

[jsmorphs2]

Poor little thing . I honestly don't think it will live much longer. You can always try though. I'd give it fluids (like plain pedialite) from an eye dropper (like a few drops every hour) and make a soup of pulverized crickets and wax worms with a little vitamins/pedialite and try to get it to take a few drops. Also, you don't want to do to much too fast cause it can shock it's system (if it isn't already shut down).

Let us know how it does.

Additionally, if you do bring it home make sure the set up is good to go and in a QT room away from your other reptiles.

[Skittles1101]

OMG!! That is TERRIBLE

I'd grab it either way and try! Holy crap. Honestly, the chances are probably slim, but not zero. That'd be enough for me. I agree that pedialite might help for dehydration, I'd also seriously consider smooshing up dubia roaches in a syringe and feeding that way. I doubt that poor thing has any energy to hunt of it's own! The only reason I suggest dubias is because one dubia is equal to about 4 crickets in nutrients, and that poor critter needs nutrients! I want to cry

[h00blah]

Ouch... That hurts to look at..

[Cendalla]

The other posters already beat me to the advice. All you can do is try. He'll ether respond or not but you'd be giving him a chance that he didn't have there. Good luck.

P.S. Some people need to be knocked upside the head for the blatant lack of "give a feck" in their animals care. That or mind crippling ignorance!

[alittleFREE]

Oh dear.. that's absolutely awful. Makes me sick.

I agree with the others that the chances aren't very high, but there is a chance none the less and I've seen some amazing recoveries in the past, so you never know.

Whatever happens, I hope the little guy is relieved from his suffering somehow.

[heathers*bps]

Poor little thing :'( I say give it a try too, but I don't believe it will make it much longer.

[West Coast Jungle]

Hard to say, How sad someone wants $ for an animal they clearly are watching die.

As sad as the situation is I myself have seen many stories of animals in pets stores and forums that people want to buy and rescue form neglect, greed or laziness but the truth is if you give someone money for a neglected animal then you are supporting that behavior and they will probably do it more. I don't wan't to sound callous but I have seen he same scenario over and over again with different animals and concerned animal lovers. If that poor gecko dies on the person maybe they may actually find some iota of sympathy in their heart and learn how to care properly for them. My concern is that you buy the gecko and he dies on you and the one who caused this thinks he scored. Sadly I have seen it before.