Another Tegu With Bad Shed!

rule6660 · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:44 pm Post subject: Another Tegu With Bad Shed!

Ok So my tegu is having a very bad shed! The top of her back and all of her tail have not shed and its been over a month! I have been soaking her every other night for a half hour and rubbing her bach and tail but only getting a scale by scale shed on her back I have tried Nature Zone's shed away and have had no results and Four Paws' Nature's Reptile Vita-spray with no results

I have been feeding her liver she wont eat any fruit. Her tail is looking pretty bad. So is there any thing else I can do before I go to a vet? Any help is greatly appreciated Thanks ~AJ~

angelrose · Moderator Joined: Jan 05, 2008 Posts: 1455

I think you are over-soaking her making her more dried out. how is the humidity in her house ? about 70%. do you spray the mulch at least once a day ? I came across a bad leg shed and I used Shed-Ease by Zilla, you can put some in the bath or massage a little on the problem area.

rule6660 · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:18 am Post subject:

the hudidity is about 70-80 should i drop back to twice a week or once? thanks for the help ill post some pics later ~AJ~

LisaN · Member Joined: Sep 03, 2007 Posts: 69

I ran into this problem with my Tegus. They looked awful and did not shed for 6-9 weeks (they had been shedding about every 5 days). The temp was where it was supposed to be.....the humidity was right....they slowed way down on their eating so were not getting their supplements in the amount they had been. Everything in the cage looked like it should be perfect for them.....but they seemed to be failing. These are my first lizards and I thought they were slowing because of winter....but they just did not look right. The only thing I could think of was their UV bulb....which regulates a ton with these guys. I got a new bulb and they improved almost immediately. Even though my bulb was only 3 months old......it was bad.

LisaN

rule6660 · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:09 am Post subject:

ill try that her bulb is 5 months old thanks~AJ~