Pissykrissy3
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Hello!
I have had my leo for a year now, and excluding her first few sheds, I have always had an issue with her shedding. I have a humid hide for her, and when she's shedding, I make the cage even more humid. She uses a UTH and as of October 24th, a UV tube light for vitamin D purposes recommended by the vet. She gets calcium drops in her water twice a week, fed 6 crickets or meal worms (only if I don't have crickets) at LEAST every other day.
Every time she sheds, she leaves skin on her toes, and I always have to give her soaks to get the skin off. This most recent shed, she left skin on her face and top of head, as well as the top of her tail, and her toes. I have given her almost daily soaks, used q-tips, sprayed her entire body with warm water, and even used some Shed-Ease from the pet store, and have only managed to get the skin off of one of the 3 toes that were unshed, but nothing off of the rest of her body. I avoid touching her tail, as well, so I don't know what to do about that, either. I believe this was all because last week, she began shedding before her full body has turned white, and she has done this before, leading to skin being left behind all over the place. She shed again last night, and the skin is still there, as well as more on her toes.
One of her toes has been so stubborn, it will probably fall off at this point. I don't know what else to do. I don't want to spend another $100 at the vet because my gecko has been shedding oddly. She's ALWAYS had problems shedding, and it's starting to become really annoying.
That's a picture of what it looks like. I am aware that her tail is a bit thin, she is recovering from being sick a few months back and she just hasn't managed to gain weight quickly (but it's clear that she is slowly).
Summary of the questions:
How do I get the skin off of her tail and her face
How do I fix her shedding problem
Please help me, this has become so stressful and my hours at work have picked up so I don't have time for the next month or two to spend hours on helping her get skin off of her body.
I have had my leo for a year now, and excluding her first few sheds, I have always had an issue with her shedding. I have a humid hide for her, and when she's shedding, I make the cage even more humid. She uses a UTH and as of October 24th, a UV tube light for vitamin D purposes recommended by the vet. She gets calcium drops in her water twice a week, fed 6 crickets or meal worms (only if I don't have crickets) at LEAST every other day.
Every time she sheds, she leaves skin on her toes, and I always have to give her soaks to get the skin off. This most recent shed, she left skin on her face and top of head, as well as the top of her tail, and her toes. I have given her almost daily soaks, used q-tips, sprayed her entire body with warm water, and even used some Shed-Ease from the pet store, and have only managed to get the skin off of one of the 3 toes that were unshed, but nothing off of the rest of her body. I avoid touching her tail, as well, so I don't know what to do about that, either. I believe this was all because last week, she began shedding before her full body has turned white, and she has done this before, leading to skin being left behind all over the place. She shed again last night, and the skin is still there, as well as more on her toes.
One of her toes has been so stubborn, it will probably fall off at this point. I don't know what else to do. I don't want to spend another $100 at the vet because my gecko has been shedding oddly. She's ALWAYS had problems shedding, and it's starting to become really annoying.
That's a picture of what it looks like. I am aware that her tail is a bit thin, she is recovering from being sick a few months back and she just hasn't managed to gain weight quickly (but it's clear that she is slowly).
Summary of the questions:
How do I get the skin off of her tail and her face
How do I fix her shedding problem
Please help me, this has become so stressful and my hours at work have picked up so I don't have time for the next month or two to spend hours on helping her get skin off of her body.
