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Invisiblemarker
at Wed Mar 1 17:32:42 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Invisiblemarker ]
Misting is no good. When I got my first gecko they told me to mist a couple times a day and I lost most of my first gecko's toes. You need to have a humid hide, but you only really need to keep it wet at shedding times. Of course the gecko's love the humid hide and will sleep in them and such.
How to go about skin removal varies with location, but it isn't hard. My gecko still gets shed problems from time to time, toes are the most critial. Put a shallow amount of warm water (about a cm or two) in a dish and set your gecko in it for about 10 minutes with the lid on so it's nice and humid. Then put the gecko's foot between your fingers and gently roll it off their toes. You can use a toothpick to get under the more stubborn ones but be gentle. If the skin doesn't come easy soak it again. You may not be able to get it all off in one sitting. If you get skin suck to the face, like mine does sometimes, it can be a little more challenging. Soak them the same way but you'll have to use a Q tip or something to wet the skin you want to get off since they won't put their face in the water. A shedding aid prodect is your best bet.
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1.0 African Fat-tailed Gecko (Mike)
0.1 Leopard Gecko (super hypo tang - Autumn)
1.1 Red Ear Slider (Dirk The Daring and Iria)
2.0 Cats (Scruffy and Sonic)
3.7 Dogs (husky mutts ; one wolf/german shepard hybred)
Salt and Fresh water fish
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RE: problem shedding - Invisiblemarker, Wed Mar 1 17:32:42 2006