I agree take him to a reptile rescue. He does not look beyond care. Don't listen to the people telling you to let it die. Keep us updated if you can. I hope the lil guy will be okay.
This is a fence lizard; I don’t know if many reptile rescues would accept native wildlife that’s not endangered or threatened, a google search of reptile rescues shows more pet related reptiles- one said natives but didn’t have any examples. Its hard when it comes to these really small common critters, medical treatments are minimal and they can’t be kept well in domestic situations(and may only live a few months anyway due to short lifespans but taking up space).
In my area at least, we have several wildlife rehab facilities that not only accept native reptiles, but even specialize in them. I hope they have some nearby as well
Ignore the idiots telling you to leave the little guy to die, let karma deal with them.
Call a rehab or a reptile rescue, they look pretty healthy apart from the injury and will probably make a full recovery with the proper care.
Thank you for replying. My local wildlife rehab is closed. I’ll call as soon as it opens tomorrow. For now he’ll be chilling in my room with water. I’ll try my best to maybe catch a cricket for him :)
If you don't want to take it to wildlife and rehab it yourself look into the species and what it needs and go from there you have the added bonus that they live in your area you could keep it outside in a mesh enclosure and not pay for expensive light and heat feed it once it's healthy let it go again
Bathe it's eye with cotton wool warm warm to keep it clean in the meantime gently press to soak and rub gently to try and get some of the dirt and dry blood that's not a scab off too to try and stop infection I'm in the UK so I don't know what you can buy for pets as antiseptic over the counter where you live but can't hurt finding out
These ones actually domestic really easily if you can find anyone to take them
I recommend very carefully using a booping his snoot with a disabled cricket or meal worm and seeing if you can get it to eat give it a safe place with a warm and cool place don’t put a bunch in its cage so it can hurt itself running into things and every couple days just lightly let a bug touch it on the nose and see if it will eat it as well a a very shallow water dish you can also use a straw and dribble water near its mouth and see if it will try to drink it
Try to limit the amount of touching till it starts eating and drinking just to help it calm down and won’t stress it out more which will also help with the healing process just be patient and gentle
I feel like this is all solid advice! Daily disinfecting of the wound w a q tip using an animal-safe product, and encouraging an easy meal might be all that is needed!!
He has a nice round tummy, other than that sad face, and the webs/eye issue, I too might try to rehab him for a little while, but if he doesn’t turn around fast, I’d let him back near where I found him.
Make sure he has confinement and warm. He will use all his energy trying to get out. If he is confined, he will realize it and accept the warmth! And maybe get some rest!
That will help him stabilize a bit.
The eye thing is really troublesome. Hard to tell what it is via photos. Could be from the cobwebs, could be worse than that.
Thank you for saving him!
When I had two Horned Toad Lizards, I would stun flies and put them close to the lizards to eat — and they gobbled them down. Also tiny crickets, etc.
That poor creature had a mishap and does need someone who knows that lizard’s needs to look it over and check the eyes! It can’t hunt well if it can’t see and if you put it back in the wild, it will become food for a larger creature — it would never see the creature coming!
Best Idea: Contact your Wildlife Rehab first thing in the morning and stun some flies for its breakfast!! A little food should make it feel better too!
And definitely ignore the "let nature take its course" people. Every life has a right to care and love. Did you happen to try offering water? You might have to dribble a little down the nose to get them to lick.
Maybe even call around to vets that do exotic animal care, a lot of them will help free of charge. (At least where I'm living) If the little one is past care, they will at least help with a humane passing.
Depends on the type of lizard rehab centers will just euthanize them if its endangered or threatened they wont but these ones are least concerned so they will probably euthanize it.
One day you could be in a situation where you need someone to go a little bit out of their way to help you, and I hope the universe remembers this comment.
Yes the universe remembers Reddit comments 🙄. I’m not trying to be cruel but this is a Sceloporus species. Super common and most aren’t threatened. Good luck finding a reptile rehabber and it may not even be legal to move wildlife depending on state. If this were a gila
Monster hit by a car or something similar, 100% get it to someone. But in this situation the kind thing to do here is let nature take its course. Pretend like you never found it, put it down, let it die with dignity.
The universe remembers everything about how you've treated people and animals regardless of if you did it in real life or online.
Idk if you realize this but you're also super common, in fact I see assholes everywhere I go just about, but you would still expect someone to help you if you were injured or in trouble.
I just don’t agree. You’re talking about an animal that was well into its way of being eaten and becoming part of the food chain. If you take take animal out of the wild it’s never going to be fit for realease with the damages done to it. Your forcing that animal into a live of confinement and it’s likely to experience neglect or improper care because it’s a small and common reptile that really doesn’t make the best captive.
I keep Sceloporus (look at my page), I love them, but you’re not doing anything kind by taking this animal out of the wild and forcing it into captivity.
Do you actually not know what a wildlife rehaber is or are you being obtuse on purpose?
Wildlife rehabers and reptile rescues do not keep wild animals in captivity unless they are severely disabled which I highly doubt is the case here. They treat their injuries or illness and then release them.
Usually they are released where they're found or as close to it whenever possible.
Some betadine and a couple days of antibiotic ointment and this lizard will probably be fine and be released.
Wildlife rehabers are also professionals who know how to care for animals so they will not be neglected or have poor care during their time there recovering or if they are unfortunately permanently disabled and live in captivity as a pet or as an ambassador animal.
Not everyone feels just because something is common it's not worth saving. That's just a shitty person problem.
An animal with 1/2 its field of vision isn’t going to be re-released. Look down my page, I play with gallops and Aldabra and work with Arizona fish and game every summer doing reptile surveys. I’m in deep in the community and I love reptiles. I’d be surprised if a rehabber will even take in this animal. It’s a waste of their time and resources when there’s animals more fitting of rehab. I’m personally done with this conversation. I love animals not everything needs human intervention.
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Ok so if you one day crashed your car into a ditch and I happen to drive past and see you sitting there in your torn up car, bleeding I can just drive away right?
Clearly you weren't fit to be driving so oh well. Survival of the fittest.
I agree take him to a reptile rescue. He does not look beyond care. Don't listen to the people telling you to let it die. Keep us updated if you can. I hope the lil guy will be okay.
I’ll try! My local rehab is closed atm so I’ll try to contact them as soon as I can tomorrow. For now he’s chilling in my room :)
Good luck, you’re a great person for saving that Baby, Respect.
This is a fence lizard; I don’t know if many reptile rescues would accept native wildlife that’s not endangered or threatened, a google search of reptile rescues shows more pet related reptiles- one said natives but didn’t have any examples. Its hard when it comes to these really small common critters, medical treatments are minimal and they can’t be kept well in domestic situations(and may only live a few months anyway due to short lifespans but taking up space).
In my area at least, we have several wildlife rehab facilities that not only accept native reptiles, but even specialize in them. I hope they have some nearby as well
I hope, it’s hard with animals this common and tiny.
Bring them to a rehab if you can. Use a qtip and water to remove cobwebs
Ty! I removed the cobwebs with a qtip. He’ll be chilling in my room for now until I can contact the wildlife rehab ^_^
Ignore the idiots telling you to leave the little guy to die, let karma deal with them. Call a rehab or a reptile rescue, they look pretty healthy apart from the injury and will probably make a full recovery with the proper care.
Look into a local reptile rescue or wildlife rehab.
Thank you for replying. My local wildlife rehab is closed. I’ll call as soon as it opens tomorrow. For now he’ll be chilling in my room with water. I’ll try my best to maybe catch a cricket for him :)
You could also try and dig up some worms if the cricket doesnt work out.
A wriggly little cake of blood worms would probably perk him up.
Thank you for taking care of the fella.
They're also only a couple of cents from a pet store if that is an option!! Thanks for helping out this little guy!!
Call a wildlife rehaber, there's a very good chance he'll be absolutely fine with treatment.
If you don't want to take it to wildlife and rehab it yourself look into the species and what it needs and go from there you have the added bonus that they live in your area you could keep it outside in a mesh enclosure and not pay for expensive light and heat feed it once it's healthy let it go again
Bathe it's eye with cotton wool warm warm to keep it clean in the meantime gently press to soak and rub gently to try and get some of the dirt and dry blood that's not a scab off too to try and stop infection I'm in the UK so I don't know what you can buy for pets as antiseptic over the counter where you live but can't hurt finding out
Warm water sorry
Idk why people are saying let it die, he looks pretty good to me. Try to clean his face and keep him warm until you can find a rehab to take him.
These ones actually domestic really easily if you can find anyone to take them I recommend very carefully using a booping his snoot with a disabled cricket or meal worm and seeing if you can get it to eat give it a safe place with a warm and cool place don’t put a bunch in its cage so it can hurt itself running into things and every couple days just lightly let a bug touch it on the nose and see if it will eat it as well a a very shallow water dish you can also use a straw and dribble water near its mouth and see if it will try to drink it
Try to limit the amount of touching till it starts eating and drinking just to help it calm down and won’t stress it out more which will also help with the healing process just be patient and gentle
I feel like this is all solid advice! Daily disinfecting of the wound w a q tip using an animal-safe product, and encouraging an easy meal might be all that is needed!!
He has a nice round tummy, other than that sad face, and the webs/eye issue, I too might try to rehab him for a little while, but if he doesn’t turn around fast, I’d let him back near where I found him.
Make sure he has confinement and warm. He will use all his energy trying to get out. If he is confined, he will realize it and accept the warmth! And maybe get some rest! That will help him stabilize a bit. The eye thing is really troublesome. Hard to tell what it is via photos. Could be from the cobwebs, could be worse than that. Thank you for saving him!
When I had two Horned Toad Lizards, I would stun flies and put them close to the lizards to eat — and they gobbled them down. Also tiny crickets, etc. That poor creature had a mishap and does need someone who knows that lizard’s needs to look it over and check the eyes! It can’t hunt well if it can’t see and if you put it back in the wild, it will become food for a larger creature — it would never see the creature coming! Best Idea: Contact your Wildlife Rehab first thing in the morning and stun some flies for its breakfast!! A little food should make it feel better too!
Oh poor guy
Definitely get him /her help. It could be the photo, but the darkening under the eyes is worrying. Thank you for caring enough to ask.
And definitely ignore the "let nature take its course" people. Every life has a right to care and love. Did you happen to try offering water? You might have to dribble a little down the nose to get them to lick.
Maybe even call around to vets that do exotic animal care, a lot of them will help free of charge. (At least where I'm living) If the little one is past care, they will at least help with a humane passing.
If he doesn’t get into rehab soon … water .. warmth … and maybe some iodine in the injury …
Depends on the type of lizard rehab centers will just euthanize them if its endangered or threatened they wont but these ones are least concerned so they will probably euthanize it.
What is your location? I'm guessing this is a Texas Spiny Lizard
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Hope someone the exact same thing about you if you're ever in need of help.
One day you could be in a situation where you need someone to go a little bit out of their way to help you, and I hope the universe remembers this comment.
Yes the universe remembers Reddit comments 🙄. I’m not trying to be cruel but this is a Sceloporus species. Super common and most aren’t threatened. Good luck finding a reptile rehabber and it may not even be legal to move wildlife depending on state. If this were a gila Monster hit by a car or something similar, 100% get it to someone. But in this situation the kind thing to do here is let nature take its course. Pretend like you never found it, put it down, let it die with dignity.
Mmmm I’m hungry…. Come here mmmm Not like in a vore or fetish way btw
The universe remembers everything about how you've treated people and animals regardless of if you did it in real life or online. Idk if you realize this but you're also super common, in fact I see assholes everywhere I go just about, but you would still expect someone to help you if you were injured or in trouble.
I just don’t agree. You’re talking about an animal that was well into its way of being eaten and becoming part of the food chain. If you take take animal out of the wild it’s never going to be fit for realease with the damages done to it. Your forcing that animal into a live of confinement and it’s likely to experience neglect or improper care because it’s a small and common reptile that really doesn’t make the best captive. I keep Sceloporus (look at my page), I love them, but you’re not doing anything kind by taking this animal out of the wild and forcing it into captivity.
Do you actually not know what a wildlife rehaber is or are you being obtuse on purpose? Wildlife rehabers and reptile rescues do not keep wild animals in captivity unless they are severely disabled which I highly doubt is the case here. They treat their injuries or illness and then release them. Usually they are released where they're found or as close to it whenever possible. Some betadine and a couple days of antibiotic ointment and this lizard will probably be fine and be released. Wildlife rehabers are also professionals who know how to care for animals so they will not be neglected or have poor care during their time there recovering or if they are unfortunately permanently disabled and live in captivity as a pet or as an ambassador animal. Not everyone feels just because something is common it's not worth saving. That's just a shitty person problem.
An animal with 1/2 its field of vision isn’t going to be re-released. Look down my page, I play with gallops and Aldabra and work with Arizona fish and game every summer doing reptile surveys. I’m in deep in the community and I love reptiles. I’d be surprised if a rehabber will even take in this animal. It’s a waste of their time and resources when there’s animals more fitting of rehab. I’m personally done with this conversation. I love animals not everything needs human intervention.
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What the fuck is wrong with you?
I hope Reddit tears you apart with downvotes.
You should leave nature to do its thing. This animals weak and dying and should be allowed to do so in peace.
Agreed, let nature take its course. It's survival of the fittest out there
Ok so if you one day crashed your car into a ditch and I happen to drive past and see you sitting there in your torn up car, bleeding I can just drive away right? Clearly you weren't fit to be driving so oh well. Survival of the fittest.
I agree. Fuck that guy. ಠ_ಠ
You are legally obligated to help
Source?
Then you don't believe in survival of the fittest if you feel people are obligated to help you when you're not the fittest.
I'm not sure why you're getting downvoted. At some point animals die. It sucks but that's life.
Or you could just not be a dick and help when you can.
It’s cooked bro. Let nature take its course.
Fuck that save this fucker feed it like a baby bird n shit
This is an extremely minor injury. They will be fine with treatment.
No it's actually not, it looks relatively healthy apart from a minor eye injury.