Toe scare..

[PaladinGirl]

The other day, my leo almost lost a toe after shedding. When I noticed she had just shed, I put her in a container with damp paper towel for a half hour. The next day, I noticed one of her toes was dusky and sure enough there was a little band of skin around it. I freaked.

This time, I put just enough water in the container to completely cover the bottom, warmed it with a heating pad, then put her in there for a half hour. I then took a q-tip and gently massaged the toe. The piece of skin slipped off (hard to see though, such tiny toes!). The toe almost immediately started pinking up. I was so scared I was shaking. My husband wants to institutionalize me.

I guess I just wanted to share that. Just goes to show how carefully we must watch those toes after a shed! Phew!

 

[sausage]

wow that was close
vut i do think 30mins is a bit to long as they dont like the water and it dos stress them out alot. i find oly 5 10 mins woks just as well

 

[PaladinGirl]

Yeah, I was afraid I was going to stress her out too. She looked kind of stressed when she was in the container lol. Poor baby. But when I put her back in her tank, she almost jumped off my hand to catch a cricket. So I don't think she was too stressed, but next time I'll try 10 minutes