went though Tracy
thanks
Lyle
On Jun 1, 2008, at 11:47 PM, Tracy Vicente wrote:
Is this going through?
Lyle, I cc'd this to you because I didnt see it come through on the
list, though I receive emails from listserv...
can you please post this? I think it will help this gir.
Thanks, Tracy
RE: gold dust hatchling:
I had to reply, I had an incident years ago with a rescue grandis and
the first shed was the issue with this one.
as much as i was afraid i was killing the poor thing, I was vigilant
with LOTS of wet paper towels and qtips.
Here are links to the whole story:
Day one: rescue:
http://www.gexfiles.com/album/grandisbaby/surprise.jpg
Day 2: much relief and on the way to recovery (note the lid of fruit,
that is from one of those TINY pill bottles)
http://www.gexfiles.com/album/grandisbaby/grandisday2_2.jpg
and, this gecko grew to be a full sized adult.... BUT
http://www.gexfiles.com/album/grandisbaby/DSC00010sm.jpg
(you can see all of Esmeralda's photos at http://www.gexfiles.com/
album/grandisbaby/ )
I literally had to shed her by hand every time, right up until the
day she passed away 5 years later. It was a labor of love, she would
squawk and bite, but she wouldnt ever shed on her own, if I left it,
it would have shortened her life even more. Even though her life was
short to begin with, it would have been a lot shorter.
So, I think you need to help this little one, get out the qtips and
paper towels and prepare for the little one to do the death roll a lot.
I hope this helps!
Tracy
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Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 9:35 PM
To: gecko@lists.gekkota.com
Subject: Re: [gecko]Question on hatchling Gold Dust Day Gecko having
trouble shedding "egg skin"
You have a tough job!
Can you mist her and maybe injure some of the fruit flies to make
them easier catches?
You might need to mist her well and try a fine tweezer to get that
skin off?
Lyle
Lyle Puente
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On Jun 1, 2008, at 7:15 PM, Sherron wrote:
We found a tiny hatchling on May 13 that was a little underdeveloped
and was still in that grayish skin they have when they first come out
of the shell. She was dehydrated and has a problem with her right
leg, but is spunky.
We haven't been able to release her outside like we do the rest of
the hatchings we find, as her bad leg has kept her from being very
mobile, but she has been doing pretty well eating tiny bugs & aphids
I collect for her. She has also shown a real interest in the fruit
flies around her papaya, but I don't think she has managed to catch
any yet.
But she started having trouble yesterday and was real cold & clammy,
so we put a heating pad near her cage to help warm her up. It seems
to have started her molting her "egg skin", but she has a bunch of it
around her neck that she can't get off.
Is there anything we can do to help her? She is so tiny we don't see
how we could try to cut it off! The rest of the skin except for
around her neck should slough off okay, but the stuff around her neck
is several layers and is a ring, so it may be another matter. :(
Any help would be greatly appreciated as she is really a spunky
little girl.
Mahalo, Sherron
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