(um, yeah, don't get me started on that little manipulation....)
My friend took him and brought him to me.
Fry now is the WORST case of Metabolic Bone Disease I have ever seen in a leopard gecko.
Gaping mouth, dried out tongue, dislocated jaw, three layers of shed on his tail, a rubber skull, bent & blackened feet, a kinked spine.... Oh, and this baby is supposedly two years old.
I gave him 1 cc of saline and put him in a warm box for the night.
He did make it through the night, but this morning he looked worse than before. I felt 99.5% sure that euthanasia was the kindest thing to do. I took him to my favorite vet (who happened to be working today) for a quick check right after they opened. At first, he hesitated. Yes, Fry was bad, but there was some hope---- until he saw the jaw fracture.
There's ZERO hope for a lizard with a broken jaw and MBD. :(
I held Fry as he died. He will be buried in my flower garden.
