Super cute pics, and holy crap I'm stickied! Wish I had taken some better photos now :lol: I'll edit the original post to include some better information shortly to make it more substantial
Thx for sharing..our Zelda girl is shedding too.first time was part of her tail and now about a month later she shedding part of her legs and top of her head.kinda knarly to see.her tank has her shed in it,I need to clean it today.she's pampered tho,gave her a warm bath just a couple days ago.plus our order finally came so she's full of black fly larva,couple superworms and she loves her dubia roaches.she just basking all google eyed.she likes to cuddle,just the other night she just nestled on top of my head.heat comes from top of our heads,right.?our Zelda doesn't have an attitude yet but by looks of the one beardie's back shedding off,poor thing.I'd be grumpy too.never thought could fall so much for a reptile but yeah..they are characters.
Hey all,
While being a member of this forum for a few months I've seen quite a few posts concerned for their dragons that turned out to be shed. While holding Richter tonight, I noticed he is shedding basically all his extremities to various degrees and thought maybe some visuals would help those starting out. Below are some photos of sheds in progress with flash and no flash.
It's worth noting dragons shed in patches, not full body like a snake. This may be small patches, large patches, or even full body pieces at a time.
Foot shed, in patches. Almost completed!
Hand shed, in patches. Just starting
Tail shed, just the end. Just about done
Head shed, no flash on this one because I didn't want to blind him. Shed is complete and shiny, should be popping off any day now.
Here are some older photos of the same dragon, showing how different their sheds can be
I am unsure how helpful this would be to anyone, feel free to add your own shed photos as a resource.
Our beardie is usually pretty sloppy about the way he sheds on his tail too -- always in patches and never all at once.
Tail and toe sheds need to be watched carefully to make sure that the shedding skin doesn't turn into a tourniquet and cut off the circulation. It helps to keep the skin moist (soak in warm water) so it doesn't get hard and dry.