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Abstract Background Traumatic abdominal herniation with or without evisceration occurs with some regularity in dogs and cats, usually secondary to blunt force trauma or penetrating injuries. Sporadic peer-reviewed case reports have described herniorrhaphies in reptiles and amphibians, but none have described successful repair of acute traumatic eviscerations in companion lizards with long-term follow-up. Case descriptions One crested gecko (Correlophus ciliatus) and two leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius) were presented for evaluation of traumatic coelomic eviscerations. Two of the animals were attacked by cats, while the third was presumptively attacked by its conspecific cagemate. Two animals eviscerated segments of their small intestines, while one animal eviscerated small intestines, stomach, spleen, and parts of a liver lobe and a fat pad. All eviscerated organs in all animals appeared viable at the time of their respective surgeries. All three animals had uncomplicated herniorrhaphies, recovered without complications, and were discharged alive from the hospital within 24 hours of their surgeries. Two of the animals were confirmed to be alive and doing well at the time of submission of this manuscript in June 2020 (one at approximately six months after surgery and one at approximately four years after surgery), whereas the final case was known to have survived at least three months postoperatively before being lost to follow-up. Conclusions and case relevance While limited to three cases, this case series demonstrates that coelomic herniorrhaphy can be a viable procedure in companion geckos to correct acute traumatic coelomic evisceration.