Stuck shed?

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Stuck shed?

Postby Taz » Sun Sep 19, 2021 5:38 am

I recently notice that my skinks toes farthest from his body look funny. They look paler and puffier. Maybe I’m just paranoid but I’m wondering if it’s stuck shed. I would hate to have him lose his toes but I don’t want to dig around and injure him for no reason if it’s not.

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Re: Stuck shed?

Postby Michizzle » Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:36 pm

It’s really hard to tell from those pictures if there is stuck shed but just incase what i do (that won’t hurt him) is put them in a bath of only like an inch of warm water and let them sit in it for a bit or walk around while you supervise to soften up any shed that may be there, after about a 10 min soak i take a wet wash cloth and rub the toes/feet very gently for a while and it should come off :) Let me know an update on how his toes are!
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Re: Stuck shed?

Postby Y33T » Mon Oct 11, 2021 11:33 pm

I don’t see anything wrong, they look like shiny healthy feet to me, if there is shed there it won’t look that shiny.
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Re: Stuck shed?

Postby Janella » Tue Oct 12, 2021 6:09 pm

Feet look normal to me

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