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[QUOTE="DorgEndo, post: 1889627, member: 103228"] Yesterday was a hell of a day for Devlyn. Not many pics, I was too busy helping her to stop for more pics. Her head had been ready to shed for about 2 weeks. I was starting to get worried and was going to post in the health forum but Devlyn had enough. I gave her a bath, gently scrubbing her head with a toothbrush which she cooperates very well with. After the bath I set her in her basking spot, 105 degrees F, so that she dried quickly. Devlyn started stretching her beard and looked like she was roaring. Finally, she cracked the skin under her beard so her head could start being free. [GALLERY=media, 13169][/GALLERY] Once the skin started coming off she would not settle. She kicked her head with her back feet. She was scrapping her head on her log. I gave her a bath again and she began dunking her head underwater! I stopped her from dunking her head, that freaked me out. She got a full blackbeard but was still cooperative when I brushed her head all over with a wet kid toothbrush. I didn't want her to hurt herself with the kicking and head scaping the log. So I helped her clear all the skin from her head. For the rest of her body a bath, gentle brushing, then basking was all she needed to get the skin off quickly. I did pick and pull at this shed skin, I had a bearded dragon growing up and several anoles. This is my first herp where I have ever pulled on shedding skin, but she seemed to need the help really bad. She was most settled when I helped her. I used a moistened cotton swab over her eyes to shed skin, she politely sat still and closed her eyes allowing me to gently get old skin off. Devlyn really is such a sweetheart. Even all mad and upset at her shed skin she let me help her. Then she ate salad (just the mint leaves because she is so picky, but she had a lot of them!). She got dusted dubia roaches and one superworm. Then she practically napped while basking the remaining hours of the day. She is also beefing up at 288 grams weight after that meal. She is also 9 months old now. She was also cleared by the vet of any parasites from recent poo sample! Yay Devlyn! [/QUOTE]
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