stuck shed on toes

[tyler19]

My 2 leos that i got from a woman whose son no longer wanted them came to me mid shed, and they have shed stuck on their toes and i need to know how to get it off. It seems to be stuck from several sheds but the girl isnt the easiest to keep in your hands let alone having her sit still long enough to get off. How should I go about this? I need to get it off, it is bothering me and is also not good for them. 1 or 2 of their toes seem to be missing as well so i really would like to get this off. help:main_huh:

 

[LeapinLizards]

Get her in a warm bath. I put my "non cooperative" geckos in a shallow tupperware container, with holes in the lid (obviously tall enough so that they aren't crouching around everywhere lol). The lid prevented them from escape. I think I soaked them for 10 or so minutes. I've also used in the past a Shed Ease that you dilute in the water. I think it was a Zilla product. It seemed to work pretty well, helped the skin loosen quite a bit.

 

[lytlesnake]

How big are the leos? If they're juveniles, you can use something like a 6 qt sterilite tub (shoebox size) and put about 1/4" to 1/2" of warm (not hot) water in the bottom. For an adult you can use a little more water. You don't need holes in the lid, the gecko won't suffocate. In fact, I don't put any holes so that the humidity builds up as much as possible.

Put the gecko in there (duh). Let it soak for 10 minutes or so. You'll need some tweezers and some Q-Tips. First try the Q-Tips. Rub the geckos feet gently with the Q-Tip in the direction from the legs to the toes. Sometimes a wet Q-Tips works best, sometimes dry, or both. I'd try dry first, then wet, whatever works. Sometimes the Q-Tip will loosen the skin but you still can't get it all off. That's where the tweezers come in. You can pull some skin over the toes and off with the tweezers, being careful not to grab any skin obviously. Good luck!

 

[Euphoric]

my leos hated water so much, what i did was wet my hands in warm water then touched their feet then tried pulling it off which worked.
It takes bravery and skilled handling though!

 

[RepGurl]

I have always just soaked the moist hide really well, made sure it stayed real wet for a few days and it came off on its own. Then if that doesn't work you can try the soaking in water methods. If she doesn't like to be held, soaking her hide wont bother her as much as putting her in a foreign container of water. Just my opinion.

 

[MonteQ's]

Putting them in a bath always makes me a little nervous. I just heavily wet a few paper towels and put them in a 6qt tub or Critter Keeper. Let them soak for a few...Then use a Q-tip to loosen up the skin and tweezers to remove it.

Good luck!

 

[nats]

My favorite way to do it is as follows;

get some kind of container with tall enough walls so your leo cant climb out.
Get a terry face cloth and wet it with warm water (very wet!) and put it in the container. Place container w/ face cloth on the UTH at about 93F for about 15 mins. Put your leo in it, and put a lid of some sort on top so he cant get out. Leave him in there a good while, a few hours even.
He sould be able to get the shed off by himself, but if not, get some tweezers and gently pull it off.

Sort of a "go soak your leo" kind of deal!! :main_yes:

 

[lytlesnake]

As long as you carefully supervise the gecko while soaking, it should be fine. If there's several sheds worth of skin and lost toes, I think it's gonna need a good soak or two to loosen it up. Give the gecko a break between soaks though. Two soaks back to back can stress a hatchling out.