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i got a baby male panther in november shortly there after the tip of his tail wouldnt shed so i contacted the fine folks at chameleons journals and it was suggested to me that i use gylcerin which really didnt help and the tip ended up comming off. now its happening again and i went back and asked again and it was uggested to me that i pull off the affected skin. si i softened it up with som glycerin and pulled most of it off. there is however some more on the very tip that wont come off any suggestions on how i should approach this? should i go as far as to have thi tip snipped? or do you think i will continue to have this problem regardless? thanks for any help.
JACKALOPE

not sure what to do now but for later on make sure that you have high humidity. jacksons like it above 70% so i would aim for 65%-80% and see if it helps later on

woah thats like really humid isnt it? how do you suggest i achieve a humidity lrvel that high in a screen cage, like i mist him twice a day and i have the drp going for about 20 min a day should that be enough. i actually dont know what the humidity level is but id have to guess around 50%

Well, jax are a humidity loving species, and this level is necessary for them to stay healthy. The spraying and dripping your are doing now is probably not enough for a jax. The ways to humidify a screen cage include stuffing it with live bushy plants (they'll hold on to the spraying you do), aiming an ultrasonic room humidifier at the cage and cycling it on and off with a timer, installing an automatic misting system, and covering the back and/or sides of the cage with plastic to help hold the humidity in. Don't guess on the humidity level...get a GOOD QUALITY electronic humidity gauge (called a hygrometer) and set it in the cage in a sheltered cooler spot. The little stick-on strips or the plastic gauges most pet stores carry are not worth a dime. Check at home improvement stores who carry room humidifiers or at Radio Shack for a better one.

You said..."should i go as far as to have thi tip snipped?"
...if you did that you would have to worry about infection
setting in.

How long did you leave the tail to see if it would shed on its
own before you helped it? It wouldn't hurt to leave it several
days before you helped it. It would be less stressful to the
chameleon if it shed on its own too.