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My male giant day gecko escaped and in the recapture a large patch of skin was torn away from around his neck. I'm new to this species and had heard they have "soft" skin but I didn't realize how easily it can be torn. The affected area is literally down to raw flesh, there's no skin on it at all.
Question: Will the skin completely grow back?
It would also be helpful to know if anyone else has dealt w/this problem and how quickly/successful this type of injury heals.
Thanks for your attention.
jmp

If you can try to put some topical antibiotic cream on the affected area so it doesn't get infected.

If the injury is as bad as you describe, you might consider seeing a vet. If you can, attach a picture so maybe we can help you with a decision to see a vet.

The skin will grow back, but, for grandis the new skin will be noticeably different than his regular skin.

I had a juvenile standing's day gecko that got into a fight with his older brother and a big patch of skin was ripped. It healed up nice, and luckily with standing's you really can't tell he was ever injured.
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Lisa

1.0.0 P.m. grandis (Linus)
4.3.0 P. standingi (Toby & Kona and their 5 babies)

Thanks for your comments, Lisa! I'll see about posting a pic.

Hi,

as long as there is not much bleeding, the wound looks dry and no pus develops, DO NOT DO ANYTHING!
Above all, do not use any creams or other stuff-this could interfere with the healign process.
Phelsuma are adaptet to regrow autotomated skin quite quickly. In any case, the regrown scales will be smaller and more irregular than the original ones, but normally loosing even large parts of their skin is not a real problem.

Best regards

Ingo

At this time that's exactly my intent: to do nothing. I figured it wd be more traumatic to try to capture him again to apply any ointments. I've observed him for 24 hrs now and there appears to be no infection. He is otherwise acting normal.Thanks for the advice and encouragement!

i don't think the skin will grow back as mucha s you want it to, it will grow back some, but there will be scarring. applying cream would be very difficult, if you try this use a long q-tip and be very careful, this may do more harm than good though. i have a grandis so i know how scatty they can be.

Thanks!

Ingo's advice was perfect. Don't do anything. He will heal.

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