Yesterday i stopped in a BigBox pet store to grab some hairball remedy for one of my cats. I usually stop by the reptile section just to see whats going on and I saw one baby leopard gecko who obviously was in need of some TLC. I stopped by the cashier and told her that I thought someone should take a look at him and maybe separate him from his much larger room mates. I as assured someone would take care of him and she would notify the floor manager herself.

I went back today after talking to my fiancee about it and he said I should ask them if they would adopt it out to me instead of letting it die. Great idea! When I went in, of course he was still in the cage with the larger geckos.

Long story short, I spoke to several people who kept going to the manager above them and was eventually given permission to adopt the gecko officially. I went to pick him up after work today. This is what I brought home.



"he" weighs 3grams and has already eaten 2 meal worms with calcium. I'm assuming its a normal leo. I cant tell what babies are most of the time. I've desired, if he lives he's got a forever home with me OR with a close, local friend if i can manage to give him up.

The story I was given is as follows:
He lost his tail, then started getting skinny, then skinnier, then regurging. I'm 90% sure this is a case of stress. He's now off in a cage by himself at the right temps and a little bit of extra humidity (his skin was very wrinkly).

If he can keep those two mealies down (one was fresh molted) he'll get another one tomorrow. He's not lethargic at all, which is surprising how skinny he is. He is relaxed and relented to me giving him a really good look over and weighing.

I have high hopes for him, but even if he does pass away I know someone tried to help him.

* The reason I'm not naming the store is because this store really does try to make their animals healthy. I've never seen a hamster on the sale floor with wet tail, no tiny malnourished bearded dragons, always fat healthy frogs, etc. I don't want to bash them for allowing me to take him in (i did NOT pay for him). I think that he just deteriorated too quickly for them and they just weren't sure what to do.

Wish me luck with this baby. I'll post updates