Help!! sick baby gecko!!!!!!!!

[snakegal12345]

Today the second clutch of eggs hatched. Well I woke up at 5:00 am because the male leopard gecko Commodore was making lots of noise. The first one had hatched and the baby looked totally fine. The other didn't hatch till 11:30. Just as I got home for lunch. So I look in and I see the part of the egg yolk had detached from the baby and he's very skinny. Other than that he has no deformities but he'll starve if I don't feed him soon. Any suggestions? He looked dead for the first hour now he's moving in the egg container with a little unusual walk but not horrible. I had the older sib away from him so no problems there. So what do I do to save him. Please answer quickly.

[clint545]

Sounds like he might be ok. They use alot of energy up breaking out of the egg. Does he seem alert otherwise?
Babies usually won't eat until their 1st shed, bout 4-6 days. I hope that this helps and he's okay!

[Up_North]

Snakegall,
I just went through the same thing last week! A little girl hatched three days before her clutch mates and still had yoke sack atatched. I called a buddy of mine who is a bit of a reptile wizzard so I will give you the same advice he gave me. Keep her in the incubator in a small contaner with miost vermiculite as a substrate. The humidity will stop her from dehydrating.The little one will do very little moving because it is so week. Once you notice that it has its strength up put in a water bottle cap with water in it so she can drink. After about 3 days I started puting 2 1/4 inch crix in with her a night and they were gone in the morning. Just this morning I took her out of the incubator and put her in her own home in my rack. She is way behind in size with her mates but she is just as strong and would out eat any of them. She is on her 2nd shed today. I am sure with a little time yours will do just fine too.
P.S. If there is still a little sack left on DO NOT try to remove it! It will dry up and fall off its self!
Good luck my fingers are crossed for you....I know how scary it is!
John

[Reptile Kings]

The main thing here is to keep the baby nice and hydrated. When this happens I place the baby in its container by itself, and mist the enclosure to keep humidity levels up as well as the water droplets will be everywhere, usually at this time the baby will not have the energy to walk over to the water dish, so misting works great. In due time the remaining attached sac will fall off, usually within a day.
I feed baby's in this situation with a few tiny crix on the second day, and if they didn't eat after a few hours, I remove the crix and try it again on the third day.
Usually with that high humidity they would have shed their first shed on the first or second day.

Best of luck :)
-Sam

[snakegal12345]

Sorry haven't replied but the gecko is doing great and is actually know bigger than the other one somehow. Thanks for the help. He's eating mealworms and crickets like there's no tomorrow