[gecko]Bad shed

Chris Schweitzer gecko@lists.gekkota.com
Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:48:04 -0800


Hello to everyone,

My /G. vittatus/ had an incomplete shed last week.  In four years she 
has never had a bad shed.  She has retained the skin on the rear half of 
her body, and on all four feet.  I have been misting heavily twice a day 
with warm water for 4 days, but she has not made any efforts to remove 
it as far as I can tell.  Does anyone have any suggestions on how to go 
about removing the skin?  Do I simply pull it off using tweezers?  I 
can't really picture doing that to the feet.  I have some glycerin that 
I will put on the old skin before I try removing it.  If anyone has any 
suggestions I would very much appreciate hearing them.  Thanks.

Chris Schweitzer