unshed tail?

[Mittens]

Hey guys! I got my beardie over the holidays, shes about 5 months old. She shed about a week or two ago for the first time (that i've had her) but it seems her tail didn't?

Her body is a nice, bright dry color, and where her tail begins it gets a milky... greyish cloudy color. Basically her body looks shed, just not her tail. Is this normal? or a sign that she could be sick?

 

[LittleOne2321]

My beardie, Phoenix does this every time she sheds. It just takes a while for the tail to shed itself since they're not moving it around much. This last time, there was about 4 weeks in between body-shedding and tail-shedding. The fact that the tail is gray is good, it means that the scales are almost ready to shed. Try giving your beardie daily baths to help loosen up the skin. Don't worry, you're not alone. You only need to worry if the tail starts to turn black, because that means the circulation is being cut off.

 

[Heffie]

my answer to a similar early this morning, hope it helps or give any insight toward your question.

I had the same problem, it was un-shed area, Gibbs lost about a half inch of tail... I did catch it pretty fast and gave him a warm bath, and was able to roll it off with my fore finger and thumb however the tip of his tail was black and dry under the un-shed part and had cut off blood supply to the tip. The tip dried up and i nipped it off... it was dead and didn't bother him in the least bit. I inspect him often now as it seem he is always in some state of shed at the moment as he is growing bigger ever day... it seems..

 

[Mittens]

D: that worries me a bit

The last inch or so of her tail is darker, but not at all black or anything


is this like, a skin build up or something? :O

 

[Heffie]

I didn't wanna scare ya, just what happened to me.... ummmm... us (Gibbies and I), lol... the warm baths are key to this shed problem, that's all I'm saying.

 

[Mittens]

Okay

I try to bathe her regularly, but she always just poops and ruins the party. HAHAH

Maybe i'll try to catch her after a poo.
Thanks!

 

[Heffie]

Misting is good also, I hold Gibbs in my hand, mist him then place him in his basking area... he really seem to like it. He will bask dry then proceed to claw off un-shed areas like a dog scratching fleas. I try to keep an eye on areas like toes and tail, they seem to be the biggest problems for him with un-shed skin.