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My gecko has had a problem shedding the skin off of his toes and he has already lost two toes. I have soaked his foot and I have used a Q-tip to try and get it off, but nothing has worked. Any ideas, please help.
Jessica

Keep up the soaks, and next time add some 3% hydrogen peroxide to the soak water. Watch your leo to make sure it doesn't drink it, and make sure not to get in its eyes. The peroxide forms little bubbles under the skin that help to gently get it loose, and it also disinfects. After the bath, put some 3% peroxide directly on the foot w/ a cotton ball, hold the foot, and gently rub the skin off w/ a q-tip dipped in more HP. If the skin still doesn't come off, put neosporin all over the affected area (this will soften skin and help prevent infection on raw areas), and repeat the process every 2 hours till the skin comes off. If part of the skin comes off, you can grab the skin and let the gecko "step out" of the skin pulling with its own force when it moves- the gecko will stop if it is too painful, so you won't hurt it that way.
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Thanks for the info. I soaked him earlier today and I think that I got the last of the skin off. Now I am applying neosporin, but it is so hard to get it on his foot because he won't stay still. Hopefully he will be okay, he is out and about and he has already eatten two reg. mealworms and pooped. Thanks again.
Jessica