Hello all. We have had Leia for a week now, and we adopted her from a family that could no longer have her. Since then I’ve been researching just about everything I can about anything I might experience with her, so that I know that she’s in good health etc. note. She has had improper lighting and is 14” long. We have ordered her main tube light and are waiting for it to arrive. She has been mainly under a single multi bulb that claims to do everything.
Anyways she seems healthy over all, but is shedding. At the very tip (my thumb is in the picture so you can tell how small the weird portion is. It almost looks shrunk just slightly, but has not darkened. In the week that we have had her it has not changed, and considering how washed out her tail looks, I think her tail still needs to shed but is being difficult. I have heard that we can soak her tail in a water and betadine mixture and apply neosporin to it, If it is in fact tail rot. I also tested her tail without like bending it hard, like shown in the picture, and her tail returns to the straighter position without issue. None of the scaling seems loose. The tail is meaty and healthy looking all the way down as far as I can tell…
I have read that sometimes during a shed that be old skin can constrict parts until it finally loosens? Is there anyway to assist in her tail shedding so that we can be sure?
Her tail is not black as you can see, just that weird dry tip…
I have been told this can become serious very quickly, and as her new dad, it’s my duty to make sure she is 100% if possible.
Let me know what you think, and thank you for any feedback.
Anyways she seems healthy over all, but is shedding. At the very tip (my thumb is in the picture so you can tell how small the weird portion is. It almost looks shrunk just slightly, but has not darkened. In the week that we have had her it has not changed, and considering how washed out her tail looks, I think her tail still needs to shed but is being difficult. I have heard that we can soak her tail in a water and betadine mixture and apply neosporin to it, If it is in fact tail rot. I also tested her tail without like bending it hard, like shown in the picture, and her tail returns to the straighter position without issue. None of the scaling seems loose. The tail is meaty and healthy looking all the way down as far as I can tell…
I have read that sometimes during a shed that be old skin can constrict parts until it finally loosens? Is there anyway to assist in her tail shedding so that we can be sure?
Her tail is not black as you can see, just that weird dry tip…
I have been told this can become serious very quickly, and as her new dad, it’s my duty to make sure she is 100% if possible.
Let me know what you think, and thank you for any feedback.
