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 Why would a gecko not eat it’s shed?

ember only ate about half of his last night..
it was weird.
he’s been fine and normal lately, so i was just wondering if there was any reason for that. i haven’t fed him in about 3 days because i could tell he was about to shed, so he shouldn’t be full..



02/19/08  10:33pm

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Smurfzilla
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  Message To: AllHailRain   In reference to Message Id: 1630372


 Why would a gecko not eat it’s shed?

laziness? Boomer rarely finishes his tail so i end up helping him out.
Could also have been too dry for a proper shed. They can get fed up with trying to remove the dry shed (which crumbles and breaks and doesnt pull off easily).. so they wander around with it stuck to them.



02/20/08  07:41pm

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AllHailRain
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  Message To: Smurfzilla   In reference to Message Id: 1631157


 Why would a gecko not eat it’s shed?

nah, i know for sure that the humidity was high enough. i made sure of that the night he shed..it was about 80% the whole night.

you’re probably right about laziness.
i was just curious. :]



02/20/08  09:31pm

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  Message To: AllHailRain   In reference to Message Id: 1631323


 Why would a gecko not eat it’s shed?

They eat their shed because it’s pretty much a free meal that provides extra nutrition. From my understanding, all geckos do it.

Yellowfang



02/22/08  11:09am

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AllHailRain
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  Message To: Yellowfang   In reference to Message Id: 1633355


 Why would a gecko not eat it’s shed?

that makes sense.
just wanted to be sure it wasn’t some death illness sign.
haha, cause he’s always eaten all of it before. but he was just either lazy or not that hungry, i suppose.



02/22/08  04:29pm


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