missing toes

[lucid484]

well I just noticed today while feeding my geck that he's missing some toes on 2 of his feet...he always has trouble shedding his feet...now there are some little "nubs" i feel bad for him .... is it real bad for hime to have lost some toes?

he always eats like a pig and his appetite or activity have not diminshed any.

-Steve

 

[gators0204]

He'll be fine. Do you have a humid hide/shed box?

 

[lucid484]

yeah he has a dry hid eon one side and on the other he has a hime with moist moss over a heat pad to make it humid....he spends most of him time in there.

 

[cwazy]

he will be alright... but if you see the stuck shed, help him out that will prevent more damage!

 

[nats]

Yeah, you need to correct your humidity problem ASAP before
he looses more toes!!
Do you have a humid hide that you keep damp at all times?

 

[cam.and.jen]

how do i make a humid hide? i only have two hides for my gecko one over his heating pad and one on the other side of his tank.

 

[hybrid]

In my humid hides i use either bed-a-beast soaked* or damp paper towels. Just place the paper towels in there and spray with a misting water bottle. They love it!

 

[lucid484]

well some more bad news...my gecko shed again last night and he pretty much has no toes left..they are all nubs...he has 2 that have alot of dead skin on but i cant get it off....he's still himself and runnign around and eating like a pig but i just feel bad for him =\

 

[Alusdra]

You need to get the shed off those toes. It won't stop with just them, it can take the whole foot or even the leg if you don't get the shed off. Soak the gecko in warm water and pick off the shed with tweezers. It will probably take a while to get it all off, but you NEED to do so. Your gecko is in pain if his toes are being essentially slowly cut off of his foot. Once you get it all off, make a humid hide and keep it moist so that he doesn't have shed issues in the future.

 

[rubym]

We have one male that always has shed issues. I have to soak him as soon as he starts to shed. He was a rescue and had several toes missing ( 7 altogether). I keep his humidity hide moist at all times but it never seems to help. He has been to the vet for this issue among others and other then keeping the hide moist and the soaks there isn't much else to do.. We use shed spray and that seems to help him some. We keep the humidity hide on the warm side- I use moss in his because it stays moist longer then the bed-a-beast did.. You may just have to keep a close eye on him and help him out each time. I soak Santino in a shallow tub with luke warm water. He has actually gotten quite used to it over the last year.