Hi guys,
A little background knowledge. I answered a Craigslist ad to rehouse a persons geckos. I took them both home with their setups. I don't think the person was really caring for them very well over all. The water dishes had algae growing in them and neither had a moist hide. One got home and started shedding. I put them in the room for the day (around 10 hours ago at time of post) I went about my business letting them de-stress from the trip. There was regular 60w bulbs in the lights so tomorrow I'm going to pick up red lamps instead as I hear that is the way to go. Around an hour ago I wanted to give each one a visual once over to see if everything was fine.
One is plump, huge tail. Kinda purple-ish colored tail. I checked for any residual shed and think this is just how it is so no worries. Will continue to keep my eye on him obviously. No leftover shed on the toes although they don't look 100%.
Other one still looks fairly healthy but the tail isn't quite as fat. Still big. Sadly his toes seem a bit more funky. Also one had residual shed I thought was just from todays shed. But it looks like it's from past sheds as well because it just won't come off, is kind of black-grey and looks a bit swollen.
I admit I should of given them a visual exam there but even so I probably would of taken them anyway. These are my first lizards in at least 10 years and I wanted to rehome instead of buy from pet store. They're both supposedly males but I just looked up how to sex them and will verify later. Regardless they aren't sharing a setup.
I put him in a small tub of warm water and tried to remove it. A bit more of the new shed came off but it seems like it's still black-grey perhaps half way/a quarter. I'm a little upset, not going to lie. Going to make some moist hide boxes tonight.
My wife will take a photo of the tail just to be sure and of the other dudes toe so you guys can give me further advice. The camera is charging. No idea where my phone is as usual lol.
We are calling the purple tailed one Sunset and the brown tailed one Sunrise. Completely useless information I figured I'd share.
A little background knowledge. I answered a Craigslist ad to rehouse a persons geckos. I took them both home with their setups. I don't think the person was really caring for them very well over all. The water dishes had algae growing in them and neither had a moist hide. One got home and started shedding. I put them in the room for the day (around 10 hours ago at time of post) I went about my business letting them de-stress from the trip. There was regular 60w bulbs in the lights so tomorrow I'm going to pick up red lamps instead as I hear that is the way to go. Around an hour ago I wanted to give each one a visual once over to see if everything was fine.
One is plump, huge tail. Kinda purple-ish colored tail. I checked for any residual shed and think this is just how it is so no worries. Will continue to keep my eye on him obviously. No leftover shed on the toes although they don't look 100%.
Other one still looks fairly healthy but the tail isn't quite as fat. Still big. Sadly his toes seem a bit more funky. Also one had residual shed I thought was just from todays shed. But it looks like it's from past sheds as well because it just won't come off, is kind of black-grey and looks a bit swollen.
I admit I should of given them a visual exam there but even so I probably would of taken them anyway. These are my first lizards in at least 10 years and I wanted to rehome instead of buy from pet store. They're both supposedly males but I just looked up how to sex them and will verify later. Regardless they aren't sharing a setup.
I put him in a small tub of warm water and tried to remove it. A bit more of the new shed came off but it seems like it's still black-grey perhaps half way/a quarter. I'm a little upset, not going to lie. Going to make some moist hide boxes tonight.
My wife will take a photo of the tail just to be sure and of the other dudes toe so you guys can give me further advice. The camera is charging. No idea where my phone is as usual lol.
We are calling the purple tailed one Sunset and the brown tailed one Sunrise. Completely useless information I figured I'd share.
In most cases, the toe just drops off without complications, but certainly watch the foot for more swelling or redness that could indicate an infection. She appears to have at least one more stubby toe, so she may have gone through this before.
