r/leopardgeckos

I lost my job, so it became really desperate that I rehomed my gecko, and it finally was able to happen the other day.

She deserves so much more than I was able to give her and honestly the whole thing has been a learning experience that I can't just jump into a pet without proper research and resources.

Which sounds obvious now that I type it out...

I do feel a kind of empty, sad feeling when I look at where her tank was, but I know she is in a better home now with better owners and it's best this way.

Thanks for the help r/leopardgeckos, it was fun to be kind of apart of the community for a little while.

This is my girl Pepper and she loves laying in the basking spot all day long like this. The temps under the spot are 33,5C (92F) and the rest of the tank has ideal temps too. Is she just that comfy or should I worry? She seems perfectly fine other than that.

she is almost as long as my foot as well lol

We’re at the vet and it’s my first time seeing her do this. Is she eating or smelling a fart ?
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Hi! Meet sally, my latest rescue!
She has lived her life in a 60x45x45 filled with plantingsoil reeking of catpiss and ZERO hides.
I knew nothing of this until I was meeting up with the previous owner..

So I had
to clean everything out and temporarily setup her old terrarium with stuff I had laying around at home until a new one arrives, also in the process of trying to save her toes, there’s layer and layers of stuk shed.

Even after all this she looks pretty happy 🦎

He's on the worm sacrifice altar, waiting for the sacrifices (it has been almost a month since he last ate, so he got a couple extra buggies)

TW! Death

Unfortunately it’s been 10 days since she laid first egg and she passed away this night. I contacted vet on the second day and they said to just give her space and not disturb her. So I did that. She passed away this night, I’m so sad and I’ve been crying since yesterday when I realised that she won’t make it. Vet said she was too poorly bread and she exhausted all her resources to even try to lay second egg and use any treatment on her. Her tail literally almost disappeared in a span of couple of days and yesterday her belly bloated. That’s the only exotic vet in the area so I couldn’t get second opinion. I’ve freezed her so I can get her to a specialist to get preserved later.

I have a leopard gecko, she was 4 I had her for 3 years. When the first year of having her was up she had suddenly stopped eating and lost tons of weight she went blind. I had to hand feed her meal worms every other day, after a year of doing that she stopped eating like that. After about 3 weeks I had to give her a liquid diet on the syringe but no matter how much I fed her she lost weight. She became very sick and frail, her skin translucent. You could see the bones. It was very depressing. That’s when I decided to have her put down, the night before she was put down spent many, many hours holding her. That morning I had to leave for school but I held her for the final hour before I left for school. While I was at school she was put down, after school I was crying while sitting in-front of the school listening to music when this warm breeze blew by almost exactly when she died, what was weird was that the leaves it carried circled around me for a bit, people were walking by but it only circled me until one fell on my lap, I don’t know if it was her but I felt comfort in that moment because I felt it was her. I loved her with everything in my heart. I don’t know what religion (if any) you have, but I pray to my god that I can meet her after I die.

She was absolutely amazing. Never lost her tail, she let others pick her up without making a fuss about it. Has only bit me once on accident. I loved her so much and now she’s gone, fly high my sweet amazing girl. I saw you as a daughter. Not a pet.

chester decides to sit in a position where i can’t move my arm or i’ll squish him. he also acted like my shirt was a jungle gym. he did that while ripping tiny holes in my shirt AND CRAPPED ON THE FLOOR. he’s such a mess🤦

odie will NEVER. be satisfied until he is free

Hello again, I posted the other day because I noticed my Leo’s eye was pretty swollen. I took him to vet and he got some antibiotics, pain relief and to go back on Monday. However yesterday I noticed he had started to shed. I’m a little concerned because I’m finding mixed information online around this and can’t tell if it’s a good thing or a bad. He hasn’t actually taken any of his shed off yet either since yesterday. Photos are from day 1 of swollen eye on Friday until today.

Well, clever sometimes at least. Not always.

I’ve been searching fb marketplace ever since getting my baby Leo for a bigger upgrade. And friends, I found the unicorn. 36x18x18 with lights, light stand, branches, and a large hide for $40. I jumped on it as soon as I could, and now I’m just staring at this behemoth. Previous owner let me know it housed a bearded dragon for a while, and then sat untouched in their basement for a significant time. I’m stuck in an ADHD freeze not knowing where to even begin and how to properly clean this before letting my girl explore her new McMansion. Anyone have any tips or suggestions? Pic of my sweet Lucy for attention 😍

Hi everyone!
I just wanted to give an update on my 10 month old leopard gecko Mavis who was put under today for a blood test!

they managed to get a really good amount of blood from Mavis which was a relief.

Apparently she took absolutely ages to get sleepy 😭 the vet said it took around 5 hours and even then she never fully went under, so they ended up doing the blood draw while she was basically just very dopey rather than fully asleep. She was apparently “good as gold” throughout though.

The vet actually sounded more hopeful today. She said Mavis’ bone density looked really good on the x-rays so severe calcium deficiency/MBD seems unlikely, which is reassuring.

At this point the main concern is just whether there’s any underlying issue affecting the kidneys/liver that’s caused this to happen so young. If those results come back okay enough then the likely route is surgery/spay.

They’ve also given us EmerAid to feed her if she continues not eating enough insects. She’s home now and very sleepy but otherwise okay after the sedation.
They gave her some fluids as well during the blood test so she’s got a saggy armpit lol.

But overall it’s still looking like it’s Follicular stasis with free fluid but the vet is leaning towards the fluid being inflammation fluid rather than anything infected.
We won’t get the results till Friday but it’s looking hopeful and the vet is looking more hopeful for Mavis’s recovery after today 🩵🙏

Lil dude was basking on a rock in the corner before bed and I just thought he looked cute 🤷‍♀️