I am sorry to say that our Leo, Jack, did not make it. He died September 30th, 2015 at the Vets.
We brought him in twice to the vet. The first time one Vet said he had a severe case of mouth rot (I wondered why his lips looked bloody all the time!) and he had a lot of retained shed, especially over his eyes. So we had medicine that cleared up his mouth rot and eye drops to moisten his eyes to loosen the shed.
The problem was, he couldn't see at all. A Leo that can't see, can't hunt his prey (crickets and supers) He had lost so much weight and his tail was as thin as a pencil.
So, the following week, a couple of days before schedule, we bring him back cause he hadn't eaten. A different Vet looked him over and said that was not excess shed in his eyes, it was a lot of pus and his eyes were badly infected and prescribed medicine for that. Apparently Gecko pus is very thick, like toothpaste. So he cleaned his eyes a little but had to be careful not to touch his cornea. The Vet told me that there was a good possibility that even with meds, Jack may never regain his eyesight and therefore, the kindest thing would be to euthanize him. Well, we did not want to think about that, yet.
We had brought Jack in so they could feed him Critical Care to try to get some nourishment into him. It did not make any difference, Jack died during the night at the Vets. Poor Jack. RIP
He was 4 years old, possibly older, and we had had him a year and a half. He went downhill rather quickly by the time we noticed anything was really wrong.
Jack was our first Gecko and we learned a lot in the end of caring for him and I hope others will learn from what I related, but my husband doesn't want another pet, so we have his tank and set up for sale on craigslist. I wouldn't mind another or even a small Beardie as the the tank is only 20 gallon.
I'm also intereted in Crested Geckos. Some of them are soooo beautiful! Can anybody tell me if their care requirements are exactly the same as Leopard Geckos? :study: