I was looking at my frilled dragon's feet today, and noticed that on one of his back feet he was missing all his claws except for one, and there was no sign of any regrowth. Is this some sort of calcium or vitamin deficiancy, or is this normal?
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claws?
cunningjack
Aug 30, 2006 06:04 PM
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jock
Aug 31, 2006 08:40 PM
what is the humidity? sometimes the shed skin around the claws dry up and shrinks, cutting the blood flow to that nail causing it to fall off because of low humidity.
if this is what is causing the problem mist him/her one or twice a day. that should keep any more nails from falling off. the ones that have already fallen off will most likely not grow back.
good luck
Jake
toxicogenic
Sep 01, 2006 01:02 PM
Thats called dysecdysis. It was either that or maybe his/her toes might have gotten caught on something in the cage? Is there anything in the cage that might make that possible? The nails won't grow back, but he should be fine.
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