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Old 11-22-11, 12:13 AM   #1
jaleely
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Shed advice?

Okay, I'm asking for it this time =P

So, Bitey is doing GREAT. I actually caught him drinking last night, and will post that later. He was sooo cute!

Ribs...Ribs is looking better, however it's hard for me to tell if she has retained eye caps, or if one of eyes is actually just damaged. She has skin/scar tissue covering a nostril, on that same side. Not shed, actual dark solid skin. Poor thing has one working nostril!

Anyway, her shed....the first one came off in peices...which some of you may remember she had been in shed ...in peices...for at least two weeks while she was at the pound. I was finally able to get her moistened and help her out of it. Since then, I have noticed little shed scales. No biggie, she had been through a lot! I just figured they were leftovers from the shredded shed.

Yesterday, however, i noticed her whole body is shedding scales, one at a time. Got a chance to really look at her tonight, and her new "shed" is coming off each scale at a time. I guess that describes it better.

She's been moist, and fed, and doing well. I just wonder if this has something to do with all the trauma she's been through, and/or just her still trying to get rid of retained sheds.
I took my finger and rubbed at it a bit in one spot, and where all the little scale flakes came off she had a nice, fresh looking skin/scale patch underneath.

I'm probably worrying too much. She's just been through so much!
SO, am i worrying, or..?
I took the coconut husk out and put her on a damp towel. She doesn't seem to move around, or try to rub or anything, so I figured the rough towel might help her out.

What do you guys think?
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