I apologize if I am overly worried about this issue.
I'm a little worried about my baby Caesar.
He has been doing well, but he seems to be having trouble with some shedding on his tail.
I normally wouldn't be worried, but it's been apparently shedding for almost two months, which is longer than any previous shed he's experienced. He's still pretty young, only 9 months old.
I recently moved him into a bigger enclosure, which caused some major stress. He has always been very aware about his surroundings and becomes very anxious when even the slightest thing changes. He's been pretty cranky lately, not wanting me to touch his tail, which is understandable. He's been puffing up more often and has even hissed at me (the first time since I got him). I'm trying to keep him happy and give him some space but I'm worried that his inability to shed on his tail is stressing him out further.
I've been giving him warm baths, very lightly scrubbing him with a baby toothbrush. I've been misting him twice a day, focusing on his tail. I've increased the humidity to about 60% as advised by an exotic vet to promote shedding. I've also been making sure that his temperatures are okay, even going as far as to buy another thermometer to make sure they were accurate. The basking temperature is about 105 Fahrenheit, the cool side of the tank at about 80, under his hide seems to be about 90.
He has a long reptisun UV light, a reptisun basking light (150 watts I believe), and a ceramic heat light in the middle of the tank (at about 90 degrees under that).
I've heard about and seen images of beardies who have had their tails amputated because of lack of blood flow due to shedding. I want to make sure this doesn't happen.
That thermometer is a comfort object ONLY. He enjoys to lay on it at night. I do not rely on that one for proper temperatures whatsoever.
I'm a little worried about my baby Caesar.
He has been doing well, but he seems to be having trouble with some shedding on his tail.
I normally wouldn't be worried, but it's been apparently shedding for almost two months, which is longer than any previous shed he's experienced. He's still pretty young, only 9 months old.
I recently moved him into a bigger enclosure, which caused some major stress. He has always been very aware about his surroundings and becomes very anxious when even the slightest thing changes. He's been pretty cranky lately, not wanting me to touch his tail, which is understandable. He's been puffing up more often and has even hissed at me (the first time since I got him). I'm trying to keep him happy and give him some space but I'm worried that his inability to shed on his tail is stressing him out further.
I've been giving him warm baths, very lightly scrubbing him with a baby toothbrush. I've been misting him twice a day, focusing on his tail. I've increased the humidity to about 60% as advised by an exotic vet to promote shedding. I've also been making sure that his temperatures are okay, even going as far as to buy another thermometer to make sure they were accurate. The basking temperature is about 105 Fahrenheit, the cool side of the tank at about 80, under his hide seems to be about 90.
He has a long reptisun UV light, a reptisun basking light (150 watts I believe), and a ceramic heat light in the middle of the tank (at about 90 degrees under that).
I've heard about and seen images of beardies who have had their tails amputated because of lack of blood flow due to shedding. I want to make sure this doesn't happen.