Stuck Shed, maybe something else???

[Gecko4me]

I just got 3 new leopard geckos. Within 24 hrs I noticed that the Mack Snow's eye looked "weird." It doesn't look like its oozing anything and it not completely stuck shut, but I can't see its eye ball either. I looked at some pictures on here and I'd say it looks like stuck shed, but I don't see any other area on her that she's shedding?? She may have come to me like this, since her eyes are dark and it is partly open and I tried to just put them in the aquarium get it all arranged and then tried to leave them alone so they could get used to their new home, I never looked closely at it, until I noticed it looked "weird." What can I do to help her out??? She is moving about the cage fine and she's the only one I've seen so far in the food dish eating the mealworms (although the other 2 often don't become too active until quite late at night, so I could very easily miss them eating). So she does seem to be doing okay, I would just like to help her out w/ this eye issue. BTW, I have seen her "licking" at it and the first night I noticed her rubbing againest the edge of the aquaruim on that side.

Jessie

 

[Gecko4me]

Just an update, we took the geckos out today because they have eaten pretty well the last 2 nights, so thought we'd try and see how they did w/ holding them. The Mack is actually quite calm (while the 2 albinos didn't care for being held, so we didn't push it w/ them) and just would sit on my son's chest or in my hand, not struggling to get away at all. So I did get a better close and she is definitely shedding. It was definitely shed in her eye and I did get it cleaned out, but its still kind of stuck to her eye lid (I didn't want to pull it so left it alone, is that what you should do??) so I will keep an eye on it, but am glad its just shed. I did notice some shed on other parts of its head as well as its feet, so definitely is shedding. Am I suppose to be giving a "bath" or something when she's shedding?? I thought I read that somewhere, but now I"m not sure. If so, how warm is the water?? How deep?? How long should she be put in it?? Will she like it or just seem to want out??

Thanx. Jessie

 

[ajveachster]

You can use a moist hide to help with shedding. If she has shed stuck you want to get it off. Stuck shed on the body can restrict blood flow, and in the eyes it can cause other problems as well. You can use a moist q-tip for the body, and a moist cotton ball for the eye. It may even require a pair of tweezers to pull off the loose piece of skin. If you are having trouble with the q-tip you can give her a warm soak for 10 minutes to try to soften the old skin. The water should go about half way up the side so the gecko can keep it's head out of the water. More than likely it will try to get out at first.

 

[Gecko4me]

Okay thanx. I'll keep the moist hides really moist and after work tonight when it'll be both my husband and I here, I'll work at the shed by its eye, so one of us can hold her and one can use the tweezers. How hard do you pull?? Can you end up ripping the skin and hurting the gecko??

Jessie