so i was just back by the lizards and i saw hugo walk over to helga, rip a piece of shedding skin off her back and eat it. is this normal? this is the first shed since they have lived together
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vonnie
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eating shed?
jeune18
Mar 13, 2005 02:43 PM
Replies (3)
el_toro
Mar 13, 2005 04:09 PM
I haven't seen my uros do it, but the anoles all do - they're essentially recycling the skin nutrients. 
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Torey
Eugene, Oregon, USA
1.1 Uromastyx geyri (Joe and Arthur)
3.0 Uromastyx dispar maliensis (Tank, Turtle, and Spike)
1.0 Uromastyx ornata (Scuttlebutt)
2.1 Anolis carolinensis (Bowser, Sprocket, and Leeloo)
0.1 African dwarf frog (Sheila)
1.0 Betta splendens (Mr. Miagi)
1.1 Felis domesticus (Roscolux and Jenny)
sunfox
Mar 13, 2005 05:47 PM
Ra eats his shed all the time. I don't know if he eats Isis's but I've seen him eat his own. Don't worry about it, it's harmless (plus, you don't have to be the one to clean it up 
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1.1 Mali Uromastyx (Ra and Isis)
1.1 Satanic Leaftail Geckos (Diablo and Samael)
jeune18
Mar 13, 2005 07:44 PM
maybe it is a guy thing, assuming hugo really is a boy. well it is nice to know it is a quasi-normal thing. i knew some animals ate their own shed, i had never heard of them eating it off someone else. i guess he is sick of helga being grumpy, lol
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vonnie
***There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it. Mary Wilson Little ***
