Helpppp!!!!!!!

I got this poor gecko from my bf he did take that much care from him, my bf had 9 geckos and sold them and kept 1 gecko so we thought he was lonely so then i took him to my place cause i have 3 more geckos that are perfectly healthy, and i think he's getting worse then before he has scars all over him, he barley moves, he's not eating and he flops around like a fish:( i need help asap

NVM, He died this morning. thanks for no ones help

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Originally Posted by Gabriellasteblaj

NVM, He died this morning. thanks for no ones help

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Your post was only up for 2 hours during early morning when few are online.

You should keep an eye on the remaining gecko, adding a sick animal to an enclosure with healthy animals is a very bad idea, now the 3 healthy ones were exposed to what killed the sick one. Quarantine is something that needs to be taken very serious. Since your others were exposed you might think about getting a necropsy done.

they weren't in the same cage

That's good, you don't want them getting sick. Still, watch them.

I'm sorry that happened, sounds like he was on his way out. :(

How was he being cared for?

And just a heads up--geckos don't get lonely. They are perfectly happy to be alone :)

I'm so sorry for your loss, I can only imagine taking in a gecko to save it and then have it die on you :( I hope you scolded your bf for being so irresponsible!

but thank you for actually telling me what was wrong cause i had no clue and i looked everything up and did everything i could

oh lol, well its okay he's in better place he suffered a lot and i just felt so bad and i thought it was a calcium thing so i put calcium on everything in everything and i helped him shed with warm water too

Sometimes they're just too far gone for good care to save them.

It could have been calcium or starvation, or parasites or poisoning(from cleaning items, room fresteners, etc). There's really no way to tell what was wrong without a necropsy, but if he was in bad shape you could probably just say "poor care" and keep a close eye on your other animals.

When a reptile is at the point of flopping around, it's most like in the last stages of dying, unfortunately. In the future, you might post any rescues you take in, with pictures and such, in order to get some advice when you get them. That way if anyone spots something that might be a concern, they could tell you how to try to fix it before the animal gets in the end-stages.

It could even be that if he was starved, you fed him and he got impacted because his digestive system was too shriveled to take in food at all. In that case, there would have been little you can do to help, just because he's just too sick.

I'm sorry he died, but you're right, at least now he's not in pain. I hope your other geckos are good and maybe you could make a thread with pictures of them? We all love to see pictures of pets!

thank you so much that actually made me feel a lot better to know all this :) and yeah I'll post pictures of my crested and leopard and sunglow

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Originally Posted by Gabriellasteblaj

I got this poor gecko from my bf he did take that much care from him, my bf had 9 geckos and sold them and kept 1 gecko so we thought he was lonely so then i took him to my place cause i have 3 more geckos that are perfectly healthy, and i think he's getting worse then before he has scars all over him, he barley moves, he's not eating and he flops around like a fish:( i need help asap

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Sorry, this part of the post led me think you put them together. I didn't mean to sound harsh, I was concerned for your 3 other.

Welcome to "BALL-PYTHONS.NET"!!! A loss is never good, But looks like you knew he took horrible care of it. Enough to take it away from the geckos owner. The nonsence post for no one helping in 2 hours was not necessary. Theres so many kind people on here that over look that stuff, But if YOUR asking for something FREE cant be upset if it wasnt taken care of in your time frame. Im sure a emergency VET coulda helped... Ever heard beggars can't be choosers?

Now thats over we all make mistakes you only have 6 posts so easily can be turned around. Theres many helpful tips on here from previous posts and members. So enjoy for the future...

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oh lol, well its okay he's in better place he suffered a lot and i just felt so bad and i thought it was a calcium thing so i put calcium on everything in everything and i helped him shed with warm water too

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What type of calcium was being used? Did your boyfriend use calcium or no?

I'm sorry the gecko died. But sometimes no matter what we do for them, it's still too late. A necropsy would be a good idea to see what the cause of death was, but I also understand that it can seem like a big expense for a dead animal, though it might help save your others in the near future. Again, sorry he died :(

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Sorry, this part of the post led me think you put them together. I didn't mean to sound harsh, I was concerned for your 3 other.

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Its all good i had to keep them separated cause he was a new male and I already have two males so I didn't want them fight. but this girl at my work said that that same thing happened to her snake and there usually born with this thing i forget what its called but I'll ask and at a time in their life it will activate and its like a blood clog but you can't tell unless you see take them to the vet and get it drained, but he was at the end and my boyfriend told me that it was old too we got him off kijiji. but its okay thanks anyways for the information knowing that it wasn't my fault makes me feel a lot better. :)

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What type of calcium was being used? Did your boyfriend use calcium or no?

I'm sorry the gecko died. But sometimes no matter what we do for them, it's still too late. A necropsy would be a good idea to see what the cause of death was, but I also understand that it can seem like a big expense for a dead animal, though it might help save your others in the near future. Again, sorry he died :(

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I used the calcium you get when you buy a starter kite i have a big container of it lol and it could have been something he was born with and its not something the other geckos could get, or he could have been to old or it could have been anything i wasn't sure cause my boyfriend and i got him off kijiji. and thanks he was a good boy I'm just happy he's in a better place :)

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Welcome to "BALL-PYTHONS.NET"!!! A loss is never good, But looks like you knew he took horrible care of it. Enough to take it away from the geckos owner. The nonsence post for no one helping in 2 hours was not necessary. Theres so many kind people on here that over look that stuff, But if YOUR asking for something FREE cant be upset if it wasnt taken care of in your time frame. Im sure a emergency VET coulda helped... Ever heard beggars can't be choosers?

Now thats over we all make mistakes you only have 6 posts so easily can be turned around. Theres many helpful tips on here from previous posts and members. So enjoy for the future...

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didn't know there was such thing as a emergency vet, and my boyfriend only had him for two months and saw he was getting sick and thought id take more care of him we got him off kijij so you don't know what is going to happen or how old he was. yeah my comment was unnecessary but i think other people would be pretty pissed off seeing people online and getting no help i didn't know that was the end for him or i wouldn't have come on this site, it did help me sooooo much. thanks everyone who help me figure out what could have been wrong for future wise for my other geckos. thanks