U. henkeli mouth problem...

[Tamara]

Hi, today when the lights turned on we saw that our henkeli male had a problem at his mouth.
It looks like the fringe of skin they have is partialy bend or stuck to his bottom jaw... Or something like that.
I hope you know what we mean but we also made a picture of it...



We know it's bad quality but you guys should see what we are talking about...

Any ideas on what might have caused this and what to do about it?
Been thinking about trying to see if it really sticks and maybe we can get it loose but not sure if we should do that.
For the rest he seems to be fine though.

Any feedback would be great.
Thanks.

 

[miguel camacho!]

That's not a very clear picture, but if anything, I don't think it looks like a serious issue. Perhaps if the gecko shed recently, the fresh skin beneath got a little sticky and the fringe stuck below the jaw. Nothing to worry about.

 

[jadrig]

I have had this happen to juvie henkeli in the past...just take the forceps with a blunt tip and pull his dermal fringe from his mouth. it will be normal after a couple days.

 

[Tamara]

Thanks, we didn't do anything about it and 2 days later it wen't back to normal.