Apparently my leo doesnt like his shed...

[theturvs]

So I've read enough on here to know that leos will eat their shed, either A) to not give up their location to predators in the wild, or B) for nutrients.
My question is, do all of your leos eat all their shed?? SoCo seems absolutely healthy in every way, hes a good eater, a regular with his potty times, active and inquisitive, sheds within an hour with very minimal help on his back toes....
And yet every time he shed, I notice he leaves me a little more. The first time, he ate it all. Last time, he left me a piece about the size of a thumbnail in his moss (I figured he hadn't seen it...). He shed last night and I watched him...just because I love watching him do anything...and he pulled it off his tail, calmly set it in the middle of his cage, looked at it, sniffed it, and meandered away like he was too good to eat it. lol.
This morning he was begging me for food at 6am, and yet the tail shed still sat, sticking straight up, in the middle of the enclosure. I'm going to go take it out, because its cleaning day...but what do you guys make of that? Is he just that comfortable that there are no predators.

 

[TripleTGecko]

You should not worry about this.
My leos also didn't eat all of their shed.
Sometimes they just leave alittle pice sometimes more. Maybe it is because there are no predators maybe it is because they have so good food that it isn't necessary. I don't care about it at all, i just take it out. Once i let it in the box for 3 days after that, it was away ^^
I'm not sure why but you shouldn't worry about this
so i think

 

[cat_named_noodles]

He's probably just not interested in eating it. I have noticed that sometimes one of mine will do that. They will eat most everything, but leave a little bit. I think it's because a shed is a substantial little meal, and maybe they get full after eating most of it. My leos will not touch any left over shed after an hnour or two, I guess it doesn't look like food after that. IDK but I agree there isn't much ro worry about. Soco probably just wants something moving to pounce on!

 

[Allee Toler]

Mine she'll start shedding and stare me down. She's never eaten her shed if I don't help for a few days she doesn't do anything. She's clueless she's a gecko.

 

[theturvs]

Ok...well that makes me feel better about it.