REALLY WOORIED ABOUT TAIL AFTER SHED

[sophiehawes]

hi my 15week old baby girl lola is on her second shed since having her.. her tailhas taken ages to start to peal and today it finally pealed the thing is the tail is really pale and before when she shed after the old skin came off her colours where really fresh but this time her tail is so pale.. the skin has defo come off coz i picked it up from the viv floor! i asked in the forum about how long it should take for her tail to shed as it took ages and they said it was normal to take a while from the skin whitenin up to the pealing .. please help im so worred hope she hasnt got tail rot
i will post a pic tomorrow she is asleep at the moment and i dont want to bother her (she gets grumpy)

 

[NightFury]

Hello there,

When they are at a very young age they are shedding almost constantly due to their very rapid growth. It is possible that she is already going to have another shed.

Tail rot is more of a blackish color usually and mostly occurs when the tail has been injured or nipped.

Do you supplement her? What do you use for her supplements and how often?

-Shilo

 

[sophiehawes]

Hello there,

When they are at a very young age they are shedding almost constantly due to their very rapid growth. It is possible that she is already going to have another shed.

Tail rot is more of a blackish color usually and mostly occurs when the tail has been injured or nipped.

Do you supplement her? What do you use for her supplements and how often?

-Shilo

hi Thank u so much for getting back to me, i use calci dust on her locusts and iv just moved up from small mealworms to standard and i dust those when i give her them, i had help from the forum with my lighting so i am certen i have the right UVB Tubes,spot lamp and temps ect.. yes i had a look online after i posted this and i read up about back to back shedding, and im hoping thats what it might be... her tail isnt dark at all its pale in colour il take a photo coz its time i get her out (she comes out everynight for a snuggle on my bed to go sleep)

 

[daner923]

Ok, just a note - stop feeding mealworms. They cause impaction and are not nutritious at all.

 

[NightFury]

It's good you use calcium dust, does it have D3? Beardies need extra D3 when kept indoors. Do you use a vitamin supplement once a week also? Please do stop feeding mealworms as Daner suggested, the chitin is too hard for them to break down so they can become easily impacted from it. Pale color is a normal indicator of shed coming, you don't have to worry about that. Proper nutrition always helps sheds go smoothly as well as routine baths.

-Shilo

 

[sophiehawes]

hi here is lola and her pale tail like i said she has just this weeek shed the skin off her tale and it was pale underneth! does it look all normal to u guys

 

[NightFury]

Lola is beautiful the tail is normal, there will be another shed coming