GeckoFanboy
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Elizabeth,
I hope you get this. Something is wrong with Scooby. His last shed was almost a week ago. At one point I saw him in the middle of the tank with the skin still wrapped around his tail, but I assumed he was finishing up his shed. Maybe I should have helped him. Anyway, I check on his moist hide every night, and moisten it if need be, and the other night I noticed some blood on the white moist paper towels. I picked him up and checked him over, and the only thing I noticed was some brighter orange (red?) on the top of his tail in the area where it connects to his body. He has not had anyone pull on his tail. I figured maybe he scratched his tail when shedding and that he'd be okay. Or maybe he had a really tought time pulling the skin off his tail this time. Then lastnight I found another red dot in the moist hide. Tonight I found him sitting in the middle of his tank, turned around and nibbling at his tail.
Another odd thing he's been doing lately is...he starts to climb into his moist hide, stops halfway in, lays down, and will stay there for hours sometimes with his butt, back legs and tail hanging out of it. It's kind of cute, but I just thought...why is he doing that? Maybe because of his tail issue he doesn't want to curl up.
Also, I changed paper towel brands recently and these new towels retain moisture longer...sometimes I don't have to moisten again the next night. Just sayin'...I don't know what's going on...
Here's a pic of his tail. Notice the redder spots...blood?

I hope you get this. Something is wrong with Scooby. His last shed was almost a week ago. At one point I saw him in the middle of the tank with the skin still wrapped around his tail, but I assumed he was finishing up his shed. Maybe I should have helped him. Anyway, I check on his moist hide every night, and moisten it if need be, and the other night I noticed some blood on the white moist paper towels. I picked him up and checked him over, and the only thing I noticed was some brighter orange (red?) on the top of his tail in the area where it connects to his body. He has not had anyone pull on his tail. I figured maybe he scratched his tail when shedding and that he'd be okay. Or maybe he had a really tought time pulling the skin off his tail this time. Then lastnight I found another red dot in the moist hide. Tonight I found him sitting in the middle of his tank, turned around and nibbling at his tail.
Another odd thing he's been doing lately is...he starts to climb into his moist hide, stops halfway in, lays down, and will stay there for hours sometimes with his butt, back legs and tail hanging out of it. It's kind of cute, but I just thought...why is he doing that? Maybe because of his tail issue he doesn't want to curl up.
Also, I changed paper towel brands recently and these new towels retain moisture longer...sometimes I don't have to moisten again the next night. Just sayin'...I don't know what's going on...
Here's a pic of his tail. Notice the redder spots...blood?
