You're most welcome Chris! I'm glad that my suggestion helped out your gecko. Good to hear that the skin remaining is only on her toe pads and does not encircle the entire toe.
What about trying the humidity box again? Then after five or so hours you might take something like a dry washcloth and very gently rub her affected toe pads OR return her to her original habitat. Is there something a little rough in her cage like a rock for her to walk upon? However, my guess is that if the humidity is adequate the excess toe pad skin might wear off on it's own. As you know, the gecko's ability to climb is dependent upon "clean" toepads. Just curious, was it warm enough for you to see water condensation on the sides of your humidity box? Any recent changes to your tank or other husbandry methods which might be affecting your gecko's health enough to have made this shed a difficult one? Another Seattle geckophile! I can't believe it :-} I really know of only one other in Seattle. That does not count the folks who have geckos now and then. But, hey, that's where it all begins. Elizabeth > Subj:[gecko]Bad Shed, Part II > Date:12/30/06 8:11:09 PM Pacific Standard Time > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Schweitzer) > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:gecko@lists.gekkota.com";>gecko@lists.gekkota.com</A> > To: gecko@lists.gekkota.com > > Thank you, Elizabeth, for the humidity box suggestion. I put her in > there for about 5 hours today. I have managed to remove all the old > skin except for the pads on the underside of some of the digits. There > is no old skin completely encircling any of the digits, so I am not too > concerned about any constriction issues, but I am very hesitant to pick > at the foot pads with tweezers, so I think I will leave it be unless I > see any further problems developing. Guess I'll keep the humidity extra > high for a while, as you know here in Seattle that's not too difficult. > ;-) Thanks again, > > Seattle Geckos for all Seasons l l l ^^ /..\ ^^ /..\ ^^ ^^ /..\ ^^ l l ^^ llll \\\ l l llll /// l l llll \\\ l l ~~ llll /// ~~ ( ~~ ) ~~ ~~ ( ~~ ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) lappert(a) robert(a) hubert(a) 17.50 yo r.i.p. r.i.p. (All Lepidodactylus lugubris!)
