It's better to watch the video with sound, there I explain why I decided to remove the old skin from the eublefar gecko myself.
Usually they shed themselves and they do not need to be disturbed! Especially if you are new to keeping reptiles and do not have the experience to understand if your pet is ready to shed.
But sometimes there are situations when help is desirable or necessary. This gecko would have shed itself, but I left for the village, not being able to track how successful the molt would be. Some of my leopard geckos have recently left part of the old skin on their muzzles and eyes and could not take it off, I had to help.
At the same time, I made a video to show and tell about the nuances.
The procedure is completely painless, a healthy lizard begins to shed the old skin when this skin completely dies off and exfoliates from the new one. But if you start before the old skin separates from the new one, you can cause serious painful injuries by damaging the new skin. Therefore, if you do not know how, are not sure why, do not prevent the reptile from shedding on its own! In geckos, it is easy to understand when he is ready to molt: the gecko begins to rub his muzzle against the walls of the terrarium or decor, scratching the old skin from his nose.
The skin removed should not be thrown away. It can be put in the terrarium of a faded gecko, he may well agree to eat his property. This one ate his later. They eat the skin in order to replenish the supply of useful minerals and substances that are lost during molting.
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