Leopard Gecko Rescue...

Question
I just rescued (or should I say am trying to) a leopard gecko the guy said he was healthy and eating just not enough to get his tail to "fatten" up. The guy was afraid he had a genetic problem and didnt want to keep him in his breeding colony and asked if we wanted to buy him for 20.00 - he said it was a Tremper Albino Eclipse, 100% het for Raptor - so what breeder wouldnt want to try and save it - We paid him sight unseen (I KNOW FIRST MISTAKE) but never the less 2 days later he arrives... He is BONE THIN.. his hips are pushing up on his backside to the point you can see the bones through the skin, his tail is nothing but the bone that runs through it SUPER LONG but skinny not even as thick as a pencil in fact, just a bit larger than a pencil LEAD!

Here is what I have done so far:
1st - Panacur - 2 drops immediately.
2nd - warm bath in regular water
3rd - warm bath in gatoraid (I know it sounds weird but we were told some of the electrolytes and sugars would be absorbed through his skin and would help)
4th - pedialite - syringe fed and in the water dish
5th - WARM moist Hide - about 88 degrees.
6th - dry cool hide - about 80 degrees
7th - completely seperate from all my reptiles in a dark quiet room
8th - 1/8th of a syringe full of baby food (squash but I will get chicken/turkey flavor for tonights feeding)


I was told to get some of the AD pet food, mix some calcium, and the pedialite with it and try feeding him again tonight - He seems to not mind being force fed.. He does not readily open his mouth, but he does suck it down once the tube is in the mouth.

So.... can you think of anything else I can do?

Answer
Hi Julia, I can't really add any suggestions to your regimen of hydration and assist feeding, you seem to have that covered. I hope you are practicing very strict hygiene in regards to your own hands and clothing as well. The panacur will treat nematodes and flagellates (the dosing can be repeated) but I would strongly urge you to get some diagnostic testing done on his faeces. A vet can do a cloacal swab or flush if he is not producing stool. You may be dealing with coccida which reqires an entirely different treatment protocol or worse, cryptosporidia which is really not treatable and can spread to the rest of your collection. Crypto has been a problem in the past with larger scale breeding operations for leopards.
Good luck with him, he sounds lucky to have escaped the other "breeder" and landed in your care.