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ok i have this female for about a year now and shes been alot more work than my other geckos. she always has something wrong with her shes had a bad shed for like 5 times in a row and i have a humid hide and the temps are rite i dont know what to do. i need some help.

Does she have something rough in the tank to scrape her skin off?

How is it bad, is it sticking in certain places (ie toes or tip of tail) or does it look like its just continuously flaking but never actually coming off in big peices the way its supposed to?

Depending on exactly how the shed is bad, you have a few options. For toes and tails soak her in a little bit of warm water and assist her in taking off the remaining skin. If she doesn't have something rough in the tank to rub against, try giving her something.

If the skin looks flaky all the time but isn't peeling properly it could be some kind of dermititis, which would be crappy. I havent seen that is leo's before, usually in swifts and lizards with keeled scales. If this is the problem then you should take her to the vet asap
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well she does have her log to rub up agianst thats rought. and it doesnt come off in full pieces like it does with my male and baby. i foud her with skin on her head, legs, feet and in the cage like she didnt eat it. so i dont know wat to do. i took her to the vet a while ago and he said she was perfictly healthy looking.

it doesnt really flake off it just seems kinda dry.

Does she use her humid hide? A lot of the times they wont.

If i were you i would try putting a cm or two of warm water in a dish and set her in it for a couple minutes, then help her by rubbing the retained shed off her toes and such. Its really important to get the shed off her toes because otherwise it could constrict them and make them fall off
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1.0 green iguana-Deitrich
1.1 Common Boa-Un-Named, Ursula
1.0 Ball Python-Anabell (go figure!)
1.0 Red Tegu-Uteg
1.0 Albino Cal King-Pig
0.1 Mexican Black King-Morticia
1.1 Bearded Dragons-Unnamed, Hanabil
1.0 Albino San Diego Gopher-Unnamed
0.1 Hermans tort-Esio
1.1 JCP-Milton, Medusa
1.1 Reverse Okeetee Corn-Unnamed
0.1 Snow Corn-Unnamed
1.0 Hypo Okeetee Corn-Unnamed
0.1 Motley Okeetee-Unnamed
1.0 Western Hoggie-Wyrm
0.0.1 Rose Hair Taruntla-Unnamed
2.0 Leopard Geckos-Reptar, Pogo
4.1 cats-Tucker,Poe,Abhib,Emerald, Felicity
0.1 Bullmastiff-Asha