Phelsuma Shedding question

Nathanb

New member
Hi,
I'm relatively new to Geckos - we have 3 Phelsuma Grandis in the viv together (1 male 2 females), all seem to get on fine and up to now no problems - one of the females started shedding on Thursday evening and she's only managed to shed about half of her skin (she has managed to clear her head and her feet/toes)

Usually it's a pretty quick affair (from my limited experience) - a day max or so and all the skin is gone - she's off live food as well - even ignoring mealworms! (although she has had a lick at the fruit pot and some Gecko food earlier today)

I've got a repti-fogger on the tank and I've upped the number of times it comes on a day to keep the humidity really high; I suspect the problem is she really likes it in the basking spot and won't budge - I have 3 Hygrometers on the setup, humidity is usually about 45% under the basking spot, 65% on the other side of the setup and about 75% near the bottom.

Do I have anything to worry about or should it just sort itself in a few days? Is there any way to help her and speed it up - someone suggested zoo med shedding aid - is that worth a go?
Thanks
 

Aimless

Super Moderator
how long have you had her?

she may still be adjusting if it's recent?

if not, what's her diet like?
 

Nathanb

New member
Thanks Aimless, she's only been in this tank a couple of weeks and we added the friends as she went in, so all in all a bit of a shock and as you suggest probably still adjusting
Diet up to now has been good - mainly crickets (I can't feed things like hoppers and locusts as they just eat the plants!)

She's doing a lot better today though - by upping the humidity and using the zoo med shedding aid she's probably now only got 15-20% left, when I made the original post she must have had 60-70% left.
She's still not too interested in live food but she is drinking and she will lick at a fruit pot, I'm hoping another couple of days and she'll be back to normal
 

Aimless

Super Moderator
sometimes if they're a bit flaky about feeding when they've had a change they'll be just a bit dehydrated. I'm guessing she'll be fine from here.
 

Nathanb

New member
Thanks again Aimless - she seems back to normal today. I put a load of crickets in first thing this morning and she's spent all morning hunting round for them so her appetite is back! :)
 
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