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please help.......my gecko has shedding on its eye and the shedding wont come off

lilplaya23 May 23, 2004 07:49 PM

hi i have 2 leporad geckos.... Ones a male and ones a female... the one im gonna ask u a question about is the female...... my gecko has had shedding stuck to its head for about a month. We got the sheding off and now its stuck to its eye.....its been on its eye for around 5 days and i still cant get it off.....ive put water on it ..ive been giving it extra calcium.......and its been getting really really skinny......Please help ive had this leopard gecko for almost 5 years and i will be really sad if she dies...o ya shes an albino and the other is i htink its called patern less.and ive tryed to get them to mate but i have a hard time having the eggs survive

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savigeckolvr May 24, 2004 10:02 AM

Well, I've never dealt with this problem personally, but I've seen advice given to moisten the area with a wet qtip very carefully to hopefully loosen the dead skin. If you can't get it, the only other thing you can do is to take it to the vet and they can remove the skin for you.
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Heather
1.1 leopard geckos: Geico and Tiny
0.1 husky/hound mix: Savannah
0.2 pet rats: Faith and Zelda

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