Can't stop the bleeding on my Leopard gecko's foot!!

SteelFox · Sep 27, 2016

Hi,
I know this is a bearded dragon site and I have one of those too but my poor leo is bleeding from her foot where the toes fell off from a bad shed. I went to feed her tonight and noticed the problem right away. I've been trying for an hour to stop it from bleeding by putting pressure on it and it stops for a short time then starts again. I can't take her to the animal er because I don't have a car right now. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

SteelFox · Sep 27, 2016

Ok whew I got it to stop bleeding finally. She has trouble shedding everytime even though I have a moss hide in there for her. It's super hard for me to hold her still long enough to pull the toe shed off though. I didn't catch it fast enough this time though and sadly she lost 2 toes. I'll keep an eye on it over the next couple of days and if it looks infected I'll take her to the vet. Any suggestions are appreciated in the mean time. Thanks

SpacialCoogs · Sep 28, 2016

I usually give my beardie a bath if she has a stubborn shed, especially on her toes. I don't have a leopard gecko (yet) but it sounds like you can bathe them carefully.

I'd check out this site and see if someone there can give you a hand.
http://geckoforums.net/f126-general-care-husbandry/41039.htm

SteelFox · Sep 28, 2016

Yep I did that too but even after that the shed is real stubborn coming off her toes. It looks like she is gonna lose at least 3 toes on that foot. Poor thing. She has always had trouble with the shed around her back feet but never this bad. My son and I take turns feeding her and our bearded dragon and I'm hoping that it wasn't like that during his turn because I want him to be a responsible pet owner. I did tell him to pay attention to these things from now on and to notify me if there is a problem like this again. Either way, I'm going to check in on her every day from now on.

SpacialCoogs · Sep 28, 2016

Some people have been able to use moist q tips to help get some of the shed off. I hope you don't lose the toes

http://geckoforums.net/f130-health-medications/91927.htm
http://geckoforums.net/f130-health-medications/58567.htm

Can't stop the bleeding on my Leopard gecko's foot!!

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