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He's been looking a little dirty lately and yesterday I caught a little flap of old skin beginning to peal by his eye. He'd walk around a bit, looking as if he just wanted to jump out of his old skin, scratching that lil flap now and again.
So this morning, he was acting a little restless, then he began searching his enclosure, arching his back, sticking his side out, rubbing against mulch, trying to rid himself of that old skin.
I could tell he was very uncomfortable and wish I had a big piece of lava rock or something to help him shed, piece of driftwood is all I could find. Boy, he went right to it! Rubbing against that thing and he did manage to get quite a few pieces of skin off but after I took him out to feed, he went down for his nap, so the shedding process will continue.
Think I will go and try to find a lava rock. BTW, he doesn't like water much but besides for drinking, so soaking isn't his thing.
He always sheds in pieces over several days, so no worries there, but perhaps a nice rubbing rock will help facilitate things.
How do your gus shed everyone? All at once, in pieces?
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...Jefroka
So this morning, he was acting a little restless, then he began searching his enclosure, arching his back, sticking his side out, rubbing against mulch, trying to rid himself of that old skin.
I could tell he was very uncomfortable and wish I had a big piece of lava rock or something to help him shed, piece of driftwood is all I could find. Boy, he went right to it! Rubbing against that thing and he did manage to get quite a few pieces of skin off but after I took him out to feed, he went down for his nap, so the shedding process will continue.
Think I will go and try to find a lava rock. BTW, he doesn't like water much but besides for drinking, so soaking isn't his thing.
He always sheds in pieces over several days, so no worries there, but perhaps a nice rubbing rock will help facilitate things.
How do your gus shed everyone? All at once, in pieces?
Pictures: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://picasaweb.google.com/pyxicephalus/September52009?authkey=Gv1sRgCNmDksSFxNiRnwE#" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://picasaweb.google.com/pyxicephalu ... SFxNiRnwE#</a><!-- m -->
...Jefroka