Hi there, first post!
I have a four year old male beardie called Julius. His most recent big shed was late last summer if I remember correctly. Nearly his whole tail shed - minus a band about three cm wide just above the middle of the tail. My husband and I seem to remember that that band actually shed first, some months prior, then the rest, minus the band later - but we're not 100 percent certain. Now that band has me concerned. It's snug, and shiny, and the flesh above and below bulges a bit. I don't know how serous a problem this is, or how to know when it becomes serious.
I followed advice I've seen several times of applying olive oil after a good long bath, but now I'm uncomfortable with that. It replicates nothing in nature, and I feel like the skin would be better if it were dry enough to crack..? This appears to be healthy skin, and has never loosened, it's not stuck dead skin.
Otherwise, he's always been healthy. No other shedding problems and has all his parts. His tank is six feet long, which allows for two basking areas, one gets up to 100-105F, the other (which he prefers) around 90-95F. We primarily feed him dubia roaches, which we raise, and green veg and berries.
What should I be doing aside from bathing and misting? Since it isn't dead skin that tried to shed and failed, I can't imagine how anything external would "help."
EDIT: I figured out how to post pics. These are about six months old, I keep forgetting to take new ones when he's awake.
Thanks for any advice.
I have a four year old male beardie called Julius. His most recent big shed was late last summer if I remember correctly. Nearly his whole tail shed - minus a band about three cm wide just above the middle of the tail. My husband and I seem to remember that that band actually shed first, some months prior, then the rest, minus the band later - but we're not 100 percent certain. Now that band has me concerned. It's snug, and shiny, and the flesh above and below bulges a bit. I don't know how serous a problem this is, or how to know when it becomes serious.
I followed advice I've seen several times of applying olive oil after a good long bath, but now I'm uncomfortable with that. It replicates nothing in nature, and I feel like the skin would be better if it were dry enough to crack..? This appears to be healthy skin, and has never loosened, it's not stuck dead skin.
Otherwise, he's always been healthy. No other shedding problems and has all his parts. His tank is six feet long, which allows for two basking areas, one gets up to 100-105F, the other (which he prefers) around 90-95F. We primarily feed him dubia roaches, which we raise, and green veg and berries.
What should I be doing aside from bathing and misting? Since it isn't dead skin that tried to shed and failed, I can't imagine how anything external would "help."
EDIT: I figured out how to post pics. These are about six months old, I keep forgetting to take new ones when he's awake.
Thanks for any advice.