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One of my pygmies shot a hanging piece of skin from another! she was just having a grand old time trying to consume it all but it's still stuck to the other. Should I interfere? Will it hurt if her big sis' pulls too hard?

this leads me to another question: how long to wait for shed to be fully released before trying to help? It's been a few days and she is still draging a rather long piece around. it is around her tail and one hind leg so it is not interefering with drinking or eating.

thx
lele

yeah its ok my anoles do it all the time. but never eat each others skin.

anyways shedding should last about 2 days at most.... usually a piece will stick to one scale or so and stay with the cham but you can just pull it off. If it is like fully stuck on the cham increase the humidity in the cage to help.

shedding is uncomfortable for reptiles so they want it to be over with asap.

Thanks. I know that they eat their own but not each others. I think the way it was hanging, and she couldn't see the cham it was attached to, thought it was some nice, juicy larva! LOL. I have been keeping the humidity up (for said reason) so it made the hanger-on look sort of wormy - eewww when I next checked the skin was still there but the cham decided to stop. I can't find that cham right now, but if the shed is still stuck I will try to remove it.

lele

>>yeah its ok my anoles do it all the time. but never eat each others skin.
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>>anyways shedding should last about 2 days at most.... usually a piece will stick to one scale or so and stay with the cham but you can just pull it off. If it is like fully stuck on the cham increase the humidity in the cage to help.
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>>shedding is uncomfortable for reptiles so they want it to be over with asap.