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I just have a few questions about how a baby tegu sheds.
My little guy has started her first shed, and its almost all done except for her hands and feet and the tip of her tail. She spends a lot of time digging and dragging her arms and legs across the ground. She started by dragging her belly on the ground, and that eventually pulled off the shed from her stomach and back. So now she just has these "gloves" that are on her hands and feet and since she digs a lot, her arms are often covered in dirt (maybe its to damp?). Her right hand looks kinda scrunched up, the shed preventing her from spreading her toes (like it you were taking a glove off and stopped halfway).
The humidity in her cage is 85% and often goes up to 95% after I spray it (I spray it 3 times a day). The substrate is a mix of topsoil and play sand, 60/40. Her basking temp is about 105F, and the cool side of the cage is 75F. Her diet is basically calcium dusted crickets.
Anyway, I just wanted to know if this is normal for baby tegus? Dragging her arms and legs and tummy across the ground to remove shedding. I kind of thought the shed was supposed to split and pop off, but hers seems to be more peeling off. Is it possible Im keeping the cage to humid? I try to keep the substrate damp but not soggy. I want my little baby to be as happy and healthy as possible.
My little guy has started her first shed, and its almost all done except for her hands and feet and the tip of her tail. She spends a lot of time digging and dragging her arms and legs across the ground. She started by dragging her belly on the ground, and that eventually pulled off the shed from her stomach and back. So now she just has these "gloves" that are on her hands and feet and since she digs a lot, her arms are often covered in dirt (maybe its to damp?). Her right hand looks kinda scrunched up, the shed preventing her from spreading her toes (like it you were taking a glove off and stopped halfway).
The humidity in her cage is 85% and often goes up to 95% after I spray it (I spray it 3 times a day). The substrate is a mix of topsoil and play sand, 60/40. Her basking temp is about 105F, and the cool side of the cage is 75F. Her diet is basically calcium dusted crickets.
Anyway, I just wanted to know if this is normal for baby tegus? Dragging her arms and legs and tummy across the ground to remove shedding. I kind of thought the shed was supposed to split and pop off, but hers seems to be more peeling off. Is it possible Im keeping the cage to humid? I try to keep the substrate damp but not soggy. I want my little baby to be as happy and healthy as possible.
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