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I'm still having a problem with one of my babies. See post "what do i do" . I've put it on wet paper towels and it has shed. The situation now is that the baby seems to have a complete shed every week! Is this even close to normal?????
Sequence of events: Baby goes into a bad shed Mon. , i put a wet papertowel on the bottom and by Thru. the baby has shed usually with a bit of help from me and a q-tip. , I put the baby back on normal dry paper towel and mist twice a day. By the next Mon. it's in another bad shed. Today i just soaked the baby then rubbed it down with a q-tip till there was no shed left.
If i can ever sell this baby it will be used to being held! It is eating fine. In fact, today it ate 2 baby mealworms. I have just never heard of anything shedding this often! Also what are the ethics of selling a gecko that has a shedding problem? If u tell ppl will they buy it or should i just keep it? Also, are shedding problems genetic? If I breed this gecko will all the babies have shedding problems?
thank you for reading this.

Shedding problems are due to husbandry and humidity more than genetics.

If I was in your position I would hold on to the gecko and see if this figures itself out in the next couple months. If it has shedding problems, you NEED to tell the customers before selling it, and you should quiz them to make sure they know what to do with a gecko with shed problems. It's true that some people might not buy a gecko with shedding problems, but those are also people who probably know they wouldn't be able to care for it in the proper way, and you shouldn't push selling to these people. I at least wouldn't want you selling it and the new owners not taking care of the problem and the gecko having to suffer for it.

ty, i was thinking i probably shouldn't sell it but was curious about what other ppl would do. I understand that shedding problems are due to humidity and husbandry problems and have no trouble doing things differently when i need to. The situation is baffling me however, because i have 4 other babies, kept in exactly the same housing situations in exactly the same location in the room and this baby is the only one having problems. That made me wonder if it was genetic. Also the sheer amount of sheds this baby is having is imo amazing.

never heard of this... im pretty sure if you bred this gecko, you wouldnt see it again, its most likely not genteic. best of luck with the baby, and you may want to buy shed ease. it fixed the problems i had with a few baby snakes i had a year or so back. it dehydrates them some, but if you keem em a little higher humidity, they should do fine.

I'm not sure I'm reading this right, so let me clarify first:

Your crested is shedding WEEKLY? The same gecko is shedding on a weekly basis?

Get thee to a vet. This is not normal, even in babies, weekly is way too soon and could be a sign of sickness. While I have not heard this as much in cresteds, in other species of geckos the end of life is often proceeded by a rapid series of sheds; say a monthly shedder sheds weekly to every few days and then passes. It *could* just be stress from having so many bad sheds so early on, but really, is it worth being wrong and taking a chance?

IMHO of course, but I would be heading straight to the vet.

Did you see my post below on BioMist, because of the added ingredients it can also help with some of the stress levels because it is more than just a shed product, but a conditioning product that can be used everyday, even more often. It is not a vet replacement though.

I looked for BioMist but they were out of stock. I didn't follow up on it right away because I figured i had a month or so before the next shed. Yes, this baby has shed every week since it first started having bad sheds. This is what worried me. I wasn't sure if it had a bunch of sheds built up on it that needed to come off or if this was some sort of problem. It's healthy looking (plump) and moves around and eats and goes to the bathroom. What should i have the vet look for?? I'm gonna call today and see when i can get in.
Thank you.