So do you find those store bought shedding aids to be helpful and worth the money?
<<< Only one I've used (very occasionally) in HerpaShed , helped moisten and separate some adherent shed on Rex once or twice.
Both of our reptiles have been through some messy sheds, but so far it's never been anything that a good soak in warm tap water couldn't fix. I've also heard that some people use things like olive or coconut oil to help with stubborn sheds.
All the "experts" will tell you not to try and pull it off, but it's really hard to resist the temptation when it's hanging off of them in shreds and appears to be driving them crazy.
<<< yep - sure is, Toothless seems to be having a difficult time with his tail shed this time , where as Peppa has some stubborn shed on the whiskers under her throat and on her thighs.
They are both leaving bits of skin all and Toothless seeks out any hard sharp corners he can find to have a right royal rub on.
Our beardie has had a half finished shed going on his tail for some time now, but it doesn't seem to be doing any harm (no apparent constriction) or bothering him, so I just let it be. I can also still see the boundaries on his back and sides where some parts have shed more recently than others, if I look really close. The colors are just a little more vibrant where the latest shed has already happened. His skin sets its own boundaries and has its own ideas about when and where it's going to shed, and we all just have to go with the flow -- the beardie himself as well as his human slaves. Fortunately, he's a lot like Peppa -- seems to take it all in stride. No major personality changes with shedding, only with hormones in the spring.
<<< Our skinks (wild and pets) and beardies are very confused about the weather lately, just like us (heatwave last week, like winter this week (and been bucketing down for 3 days) .... add the hormone thing and the boys are a bit nutty and hyper and have been for about a month.