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Hard time shedding

Compnerd7

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My Tegu Ryion has had an extremely hard shedding for quite a while. He seems to always be going through 2 or more sheds at the same time. I have been soaking him every day and helping him shed manually. This has been helping a lot. I have also been feeding him more fish, and adding a little more COD liver oil to his food. His normal diet consists of this:

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I add liquid Ca and B12 to his food as well. Whenever he starts to get diarrhea I can tell that he is over nourished and I cut back to more rats or just ground turkey. I have a nice mist king system in his cage and plenty of water... I do not know what else I can do to help him. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Temps are at what they should be, so is humidity. Also have a nice 4 foot UVA/UVB bulb that he basks under often.
 

DavidRosi

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When my Colombian comes into shed I up the humidity to 90-100% just for a short period.

Also worth adding cod liver oil to his meals.

If that's not working there's something called shed'aid... It's basically a spray you administer directly onto your reptile and it's helped mine a lot as he tends to not shed his feet and tail so well :)
 

Pyr0kinesis

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If you don't have one put a large water bowl that he can soak himself in
also add a hide that will hold humidity

You could also add substrate that will hold a burrow like dirt and keep it damp so that it holds moisture

Thats all i can think of sorry hope he starts shedding better
 

james.w

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What is the humidity in the enclosure? Any pics of your enclosure?
 

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