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Weird shedding behavior

Gary93 Aug 06, 2010 01:42 PM

i was watching my year old cuban today and i saw him rip off a piece of shed off his tail with his teeth and he ate it
is this normal for them to do? i've never seen him do it before, but that doesn't mean anything

Replies (3)

bricun1 Aug 06, 2010 03:31 PM

Perfectly normal.. Most lizards instinctively do this(I call it "skin recycling" I believe in order to regain the proteins lost in the dead skin. I'm surprised your Cyclura ate his tail skin though, mine find it too spiny for their taste=).
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Bri

Really Aug 07, 2010 12:19 AM

I've seen Kismet do this too. It's normal.

revolutionmellon Aug 15, 2010 02:34 PM

Totally weird yet Totally normal.

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