Any idea what morph this is?

[boarch]

Recently rescued, she's been having a really rough shed. Just wondering what morph she is? She's about 4 years old if that helps at all.

 

[lillith]

She looks like a SHTCT that will color up some once she's warm catches up on food and supplements, and has a few more sheds. You could soak her if she's really having trouble. Good luck!

 

[boarch]

She looks like a SHTCT that will color up some once she's warm catches up on food and supplements, and has a few more sheds. You could soak her if she's really having trouble. Good luck!

Hmm... that does look close. She's just finished most of her shed but her back feet still have socks on them and it looks like a few toes are constricted. We've been soaking her a lot because it was really bad. The previous owner kept her on the Cal-Sand stuff and she was in pretty bad shape when we got her. Atl east she's not green anymore.. Gonna see if she'll eat tonight. Is reptical dusted crickets good enough for supplements or should I gut load them?

Any idea why she always squints her eyes? We've been using a heating pad only for a rehabilitation container and she still squints her eyes... She also does this weird thing sometimes where she seems like she's sneezing or trying to vomit or something and shakes her head really hard. Could this be a RI? If it is, it seems likely to be related to the calsand stuff she was on but it's been about 2 weeks since we've had her out of that stuff now...

Also regarding her tail - does it look really skinny to you guys? How much fatter should it be?

 

[im faster]

You need to give her a bath and get shed off he before she loses toes..
yes it looks thin.. not awful.. but thin.. there should be a noticeable buldge to it

 

[boarch]

You need to give her a bath and get shed off he before she loses toes..
yes it looks thin.. not awful.. but thin.. there should be a noticeable buldge to it

She's been getting one or two baths every day for about 2 weeks now. So I'm doing what I can but the toes are already constricted from when the previous owner had her.
How about gut loaded versus dusted? I picked up some cricket quencher and I have reptocal on hand already. Does vitamin d3 make a difference or should I look for something without D3? Should I gut load AND dust them?

 

[scm133]

I would do both...gut load your crickets and dust them with a mixture of the calcium with D3 and vitamins. Try a few waxworms to fatten her up.

 

[stager]

Soak her and get that skin off the toes or she will lose them

 

[STUTFL]

Soak her and get that skin off the toes or she will lose them

That's already been said and replied to. Alternatives to soaking might be more helpful to suggest. *shrug*

 

[STUTFL]

Hmm... that does look close. She's just finished most of her shed but her back feet still have socks on them and it looks like a few toes are constricted. We've been soaking her a lot because it was really bad.

My own leo has been fortunate to shed easily so far, so I don't really have any tips-and-tricks regarding a tough shed, but have you tried teasing at the stuck, soaked shed with a moist Q-tip? A skittish leo might not go for it, but if she's calm enough to soak twice a day she might be alright.

 

[lillith]

Use q-tips immediately after soaking to tease off the stuck shed.
I use a slow rotating motion against the dead skin. She's probably going to hate it, but it needs to be done.

Any chance we could see close ups of the eyes and toes? The mention of squinting makes me wonder if there is stuck shed in the eye area, too...

Sounds like you're doing the best you can, so thumbs up in my book. You could probably increase the soaks to 3 or 4 a day, if you think it would help the toes. Yes, she'll be cranky, but very happy once the shed comes off. Besides the calci-sand, it may have been a lack of enough vitamin supplement that set off shedding problems in the first place.