Shifty, Lucky, and Lurk

Scanning craigslist I spotted a raptor male for really cheap , so i had to! the girl needed money for mice to feed her snakes or something. She received it as a gift for caring for her friend's geckos, and I don't think she knew much about this guy, luckily for me. His name is Shifty... due to his two snake eyes making him always appear as if he's looking off to the right. he's afraid of the light lol.











Also on craigslist was this gecko in very poor shape, and free to a loving home. Originally purchased for a 6 year old boy who is now 8 years old and neglecting the poor thing. kept on calcium sand that was never cleaned, with one hide, and no under tank heater. She has two eye infections, missing toes, possible MBD, and possibly sand in her gut. She found me, so i'm naming her Lucky.






I'v been giving her warm water baths and she was so dehydrated she could barely poo on her own, and her cloaca bulged outward for a week, passed something, and now is back to normal. her skin just appeared cloudy overnight, about to shed. I'm giving her saline eye drops daily, and with the precision of a surgeon removing the gunk glueing her eyelid shut every otherday. after her baths and eye drops she opens her eyes open for a bit and walks around. She is very cooperative and understands i am helping her and looks better, heavier, every day. pseudo-force-feeding waxworms is going very nicely and she enjoys them but cannot find them on her own. I dont think she has the strength to eat mealworms. I plan to contact a vet for some good eye drops ASAP; i'v been traveling for the past week.

And the third is my little petco pal i'v had for a month. Her name is Lurk.
whats up guys?

Cute geckos

You are so awesome for taking on Lucky! I wish you the best of luck on her recovery. Keep us posted. :P awesome geckos BTW.

Lovely geckos!

Shifty is very cute! Love him, super jealous. I've been wanting a RAPTOR for a while!

Poor Lucky! Good for you for taking care of her, I'm sure she'll be a happy, healthy gecko soon!

Lurk is gorgeous as well!

Aww they are all so gorgeous

Poor lucky I hope she gets well soon. You are so great for taking her
I'm being inspired to rescue leos myself

I took those pictures this morning.
this afternoon i helped lucky shed, and both eyecaps came off, removing the majority of the problem. her left eye seems okay and healed but her right eye still has a little infection. she's putting up with a lot; maybe because she was owned by a 6 year old lol.








also got her to swallow a calcium dusted waxworm and mini mealworm. yay!

@ Stoke... Lucky is very lucky indeed!! She's looking much better already! Strong work!

She's looking good!

awww lucky's eyes are looking much better I hope the infection clears up soon she's a pretty girl!

I swear i love this forum! no matter what anyone says you guys appreciate the fact that we are at least trying to help the leos! all of you guys are great really. this other forum is just so annoying its full of breeders and all they do is bash you and argue about whose procedures are right and wrong...i think im only postin on this forum from now on! oh and cute leos! the one from petco looks just like my charlie

thankyou
I love this forum, too!!
Everyone becomes like a second family

gothgurl i was on another site asking for help because this one was down for maintenance and they just started calling me all types of dumb etc. like if im asking for help how am i dumb? if i obviously dont know something im going to ask for help and then they started giving me warnings for telling people off lol....im sticking to this forum you guys are way more helpful!

Lucky looks so much better already! Great job!
I'm so glad!

I love this forum too! I know so many of you by your first names, you're all like my friends from around the world! Its awesome!

Lucky looks great!! Her name fits her so well!!

I AGREE, I just found this forum a few days ago and I've already found it to be invaluable! Everyone is very kind and encouraging.. I'm so glad I found all of you

I LOVE this forum. <3 Lucky is just a beautiful lil girl. I think leo's are great pets, but at 6 years old I couldn't trust a young child to properly care for a leo. I mean, it's not the hardest thing in the world, but the parent should still have been responsible enough to care for it, or wait til the boy/girl was old enough and responsibile enough. You're other leo's look great! Both of my leo's are from petco, just got my second one 2 days ago. <3