Sikorae problem

squee_JTHM

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i noticed the last time and this time my sikoraes been having issues shedding.... so i take her out this time to help her peel it off. while i had her out ive noticed that she walks kind of wabbly and has muscle spasms in one of her hind legs that sometimes paralises it when its out stretched. i also noticed that the bottom "palm" area of her feet seem to be getting raw as the shed i carefully peeled off seem to have the yellow scabs made from plasma on them and when i hold her to check out her feet they look raw too but no blood or anything.
shes drinking and eating fine from what i can tell... ive had fecals checked and they are clean shes in a 29 gallon tank with driftwood and plants papertowel bottom.. mist her cage at lseast 3 times a day humidity stays about 60-70% and a drip system i turn on more so at night 4-8 medium sized crickets a night dusted with calcium every other feeding and a multivitamin once a week.. she has nice big calcium sacks and isnt acting too much different but she is a bit more irritable than she usually is

any help or ideas are greatly appreciated... this is a really suckey year so far :(
 

snowleopard

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A picture would help alot. It sounds like she got injured, or the shed cut off the blood circulation on that foot. She shouldn't be having a shedding problem if there is a rough branch or corkbark to rub up against in the cage. Sometimes you do need to help them shed thier tails, and places they can't reach(neck,face,&back) but other then that they should be able to get it off.
 

squee_JTHM

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shes doing better today but she is still a bit wabbly when she walks.. she did get most of it off before i helped her it just seems it takes her alot longer to shed these past 2 times than it ever has before.

as for pics it could just be me sine i dont see the bottom of her feet alot but they look kind of raw to me.. there is still a tiny bit of shed on the bottom of a few of her toes but im working on getting that off
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snowleopard

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I think you should give her a couple days and see if it heals up. All of her feet except one are red...are they normally like that? have you changed your substrate or used any type of chemical on the cage? Well the bottom left leg looks pretty red, and the other two have a little red on the toes. But that could just be her coloration. Have you done anything different sence this shedding problem started?
 

squee_JTHM

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no i havent changed anything about what i use in her cage or what i clean it with... thats why i find it weird... it looks a bit better than it did right after she shed but it just doesnt look normal to me..
 
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