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Lucien
at Sat Mar 4 22:41:41 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Lucien ]
There's a simple solution to this.. give them the right conditions and they will shed all by themselves. I had one female come in with 3 rotting toes on each back leg and at least one on each front leg. I only helped with the first shed and with that I used merely saline water to help soften the skin before rolling it off them. This was the only time I had to do it. Her second shed came off perfect and so did the ends of the dead toes. What was left I used a stiptic pencil (A silver nitrate pencil) on to stop any blood flow and she healed fine. She also, incidentally, had burns on her eyes from being in constant UV lighting. They;re still healing but with minimal good care.
Give it a proper, moist humid hide and keep it that way and the sheds will improve.. I dislike using any kind of "chemical" or "all natural" shedding aid with them. Hell I hesitate to use medications from a vet with reptiles due to their metabolism being geared towards heating a specific temp to get rid of germs and bugs. And those medications are more geared for humans, cats and dogs. Not reptiles.
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Lucien
1.1 Columbian Redtail Boa (BCI)(Sutekh and Isis)
5.11.Leopard geckos (1.2 Blizzards (Caine, Phoenix, and Mirage), 0.2 Tangerine Albinos (Tequila Sunrise ...Tiki for short, and Casper), 1.0 Tremper Albino (Mycah), 0.3 Poss. Het. Albino (Annika, Lace, and Aris), 1.1 dbl. het blizzard x tang albino (Malice, Malfeas), 1.0 Full Stripe Chocolate Tremper Albino (Discord), 0.1 pastel (Raven) and 1.2 Normals)
0.1 Savannah Monitor (Kiros) (R.I.P. November 18, 2005)
13 rats (plus pups)
2 Dogs (Loki and Storm)
2 cats (Ashe and Hercules)
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RE: shed aid: fattiesnleos - Lucien, Sat Mar 4 22:41:41 2006 