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RE: This is about his toe!

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Posted by: FR at Mon Mar 26 11:52:27 2012  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by FR ]  
   

Toe death and tail tip death is a sign of dehydration and stress. Either or both.

What occurs is blood is shunted from the extremities and the toes or tail tip dies.

of course, the skin cannot fall off and is often blamed for the problem. but its not the problem.

Also, a cage should not be humid. or dry. different parts of the cage should have humidity choices, not the whole cage being humid. They are not salamanders.

The key is limiting dehydration, with all that heat on your animal, it has to become dehydrated, also, with all that heat and that high of humidity, the cage has to have venting. Its the venting that causes the problems.

Use less heat and less venting, that way, you can have a temp range and limit dehydration. Best wishes and good luck


   

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