I'm going to recommend some advice that I give used when I kept snakes. When you have a bad shed, you need to remove it rather quickly because it will lead to some skin irritations. First thing you're going to want to do is give the animal a soak in shallow tepid water. Not enough water to cover his legs, just enough to cover his feet. Tepid means not hot but not cold, body (or just warmer than luke warm) temperature really. After about ten to fifteen minutes hold your gecko over your thumb so that he grasps his paws around it. And with a pair of pointed tweezers, gently remove the stuck shed from eeach toe. Don't try to pull it off if its doesn't come off. It should pull off with light pressure. You will need to soak the gecko a few times to get each foot because you'll remove the hair off the sticky pads if you remove the skin dry.



Over time, if not removed, stuck shed can lead to necrosis of the toe, which is not a good thing for arboreal geckos.



hope this helps. I would recommend having someone show you how to do this is you know anyone that has a good background with snakes.



Where are you located in the country?



Cheers

boy

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