Monday, May 10, 2010

How To Feed A Sick Leopard Gecko

Sick leopard geckos need alot of extra TLC(tender loving care). A leopard gecko most likely will not want to eat if it is sick, but it is VERY important that it does. So here is how you are going to help your leopard gecko out.

Things You Will Need

  • .5CC or 1CC Plastic syringe with out needle
  • Chicken or turkey baby food
  • Pedialyte
  • Paper towels
  • Bowl
  • Spoon
 Step
  1. Preparing:
    Take you chicken or turkey baby food and put a spoon full into a bowl. Then take your pedialyte and pour about 2 or 3 spoon full into the bowl. (The pedialyte is used to make the baby food more of a liquid and the pedialyte will help rehydrate your leopard gecko.) Mix it with a spoon until it is a liquid.
  2. Take your syringe and suck up as much as you can of the liquid in the bowl.  You want to get as much in there as you can because all of it might not go into your leopard geckos mouth.     
  3. Lay out the paper towels.
  4. Pick up your sick leopard gecko gently.
  5. Set the gecko on the counter and get your syringe.
  6. Take the syringe and put it very close to leopard gecko's mouth. Lightly squeeze a little bit at a time and wait for the gecko to lick it off. It might take a few times for the gecko to accept it. Keep repeating that until the syringe is empty.
Tips And Warnings 
  • Try to get as much of the food into the geckos mouth, you can't overdue it.
  • Be gentle and calm
  • Be patient
  • Don't force the leopard geckos jaw open because you may accidentally harm the jaw.
  • Don't squirt the food into the gecko's mouth if it opens up, it may go down the wrong way in the throat and harm your gecko.
If you have any other questions on feeding a sick leopard gecko, feel free to ask me in the comment section.  Good Luck With Your Sick Leopard Gecko!

8 comments:

  1. I just rescued a young leopard gecko and have no habitat for him and the people i got him from said he's no active or has not ate in a week so he looks badly dyhydrayed sunk in eyes and wrinkles they had him in sand and a heat rock but he's not well what can I do to save him? I do have ten gallon tank and can clean it in morn and plan putting a towel no sand I think he's plenty warm tonight and I will feed him tomm any other advice??fightjoann@gmail.com

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    1. Lynette Chmelik, Frank was never handled so I am having a hard time keeping him in one place to feed him the entire amount. if anyone has any tricks, please advise. chmeliklyn@gmail.com

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  2. I might have sent this 3 Times New phone. The gecko is a baby skinny tail not in good shape . Should I use plain pediolyte

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  3. I might have sent this 3 Times New phone. The gecko is a baby skinny tail not in good shape . Should I use plain pediolyte

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