Well, this area is black, too. Or it was until I removed the skin. Now the area has the look of an injury healed over - a scar (no colour, smooth and shiny). Fungus was one of the things I was worried about so I tried to cut down on the spraying but yesterday I found the gecko has begun to shed and by this morning, none of the shed skin had been removed. I set out to remove it all. The gecko seems happier. So I can't tell it the problem is too much humidity or not enough. The hygrometer reads 80-95% but I think it might be broken (it's digital). Anyway, I don't know if the shed was natural or premature because of "dry" conditions.
The best I can do is keep using the betadine and hoping things clear up. Desert geckos are a lot easier to treat I think. Their skin doesn't seem so fragile. I just hope the other geckos don't pick up this "problem". Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbie Heid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 12:44 PM Subject: Re: [gecko]head infection in U. phantasticus > I wonder if it could be a fungus [infection]? That may explain why it keeps > popping up without any workable explainations, injury, etc. > > I had an igg that I adopted who came in with a fungus infection, but the > area was black. > > Barbie >^,,^< > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Save the whales - collect the whole set." > > > _______________________________________________ > Global Gecko Association > http://www.gekkota.com > Classifieds > http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi > gecko mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
