tail shed

corn-ball · Honored Member Joined: Jul 02, 2008 Posts: 228

good god, man! that looks awful. I'm a lot more concerned about yours than i am of mine... i think it could be vet time for you soon.

i say try the fruit diet thing. (while also keeping that bad boy moist)
sweet enclosure btw. i want one

worldeater · Senior Member Joined: Mar 06, 2008 Posts: 618

dude, honestly i know you're not supposed to pick at stuck shed, but if my girl's tail looked like that regardless i would soak her for an hour at least and then i'd use a toothpick or something to work a little gap in one part of the shed and cut it like snipping a rubber band. if you just start a little cut then the pressure from the tail should grow the split till the shed comes off.

i trust myself to know if i'm hurting groxy or not so i'd do it. of course add more fruit, maybe a melon diet for a day or two. but seriously i would take measures to get that shed off. it's squeezing that tail hard dude. groxy would rip my hand off if i squeezed her tail that hard!
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1.0.0 Australian Water Dragon "Spyro"
1.0.0 Red Eared Slider "Turdy"
0.0.0 White Dwarf Hamster "MiMi" R.I.P.
1.1.0 Black&Albino Kingsnakes "Pearl & Hannibal"

laurarfl · Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:01 am Post subject:

Agreed, eckersworld, work on that tail. What do have that you could use to start a tear in the shed? For instance, I have a pair of really tiny cosmetic scissors that I would clean with alcohol and try to slide under the retained skin (after a 30 min warm water bath). A toothpick may work. Just be careful not to scratch the sensitive skin underneath.

It's hard to say what went wrong. May the shedding skin just dried on in the wrong place when it was supposed to come off. Your husbandry and diet sound good, but given this situation, I would try to get it to eat more fruit, and I would mist the mulch daily in additional to the moist hide.

Nice enclosure, and the moist hide sounds great! Don't be hard on yourself. Things just happen, even with the best of care.
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0.1.0 Colombian Tegu
0.2.0 Argentine B&W Tegu
1.0.0 Red Tegu
1.0.0 Green Amevia (yet another teiid)
8 other lizards
1 little gator
13 snakes
4 frogs
some bugs
and a partridge in a pear tree

txrepgirl · Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 2:59 pm Post subject:

Just wanted to check back with you to see how things are going with your Tegu.Hope all is well.

worldeater · Senior Member Joined: Mar 06, 2008 Posts: 618

seriously dude, hows the tail?
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1.1.0 Arg B/W Tegu Joker n Groxy
1.0.0 Australian Water Dragon "Spyro"
1.0.0 Red Eared Slider "Turdy"
0.0.0 White Dwarf Hamster "MiMi" R.I.P.
1.1.0 Black&Albino Kingsnakes "Pearl & Hannibal"

corn-ball · Honored Member Joined: Jul 02, 2008 Posts: 228

well my guy still has his shed. turns out the hygrometer that i bought was broken. so i fashioned a jerry-rigged humidifier and really cracked down on his moist hide. it doesn't look constricting and shiny like that other guys. i'm saying it's just a matter of time. i'm buying the vision cage next week, hopefully that will make retaining humidity easier and more practical