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13-Oct-06, 02:19 PM
| | | Join Date: May-06 Location: sydney Age: 15 | | |  Blue Tongue Help
HI, MY blue tongues shed theire skin a couple of weeks ago but both of them still have abit around there feet. Now i heard that there limb will drop off if you don't get the skin off.
How do i get the skin off?
Please help,
Cam
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13-Oct-06, 02:21 PM
|  | DA_JIZZ Subscriber | Join Date: May-06 Location: kiama Age/Gender: 14  | | | |
my blueys didn't shed probly so i put a big of water in a container and gave them a bath and heaps came off them
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13-Oct-06, 02:22 PM
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do not worry about a limb falling off, that is crap. get a large container and fill it about 1 inch of luke-warm water, make sure its shallow and not too much water or he could drown, leave him in there for a hour, then pick him up, his skin should be nice and loose, my lizards always let me get the last of the skin of for them, so try that. feet are always a tricky thing with skin. hope it helps
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16-Nov-06, 10:28 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: Mornington Peninsula Age/Gender: 16 | | | |
do exactly wat melgalea said and it is true that a limb falling off is a load of crap. dont listen to people who say stuff like that. The person prob just made that up to scare u.
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16-Nov-06, 11:55 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-06 Location: Vic Gender: | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by ollieham  do exactly wat melgalea said and it is true that a limb falling off is a load of crap. dont listen to people who say stuff like that. The person prob just made that up to scare u. | If skin on the toes or feet isn't removed it will dry and tighten to eventually cut the circulation of that area and it will drop off, it takes a long time to get to the point of dropping off but it does happen therefore it's true however rare because it is easily prevented by assisting the lizard to shed its skin by soaking it in warm water, if the skin still doesn't come off gently rub it off and that should do the job.
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[5:55:17] ihaveherps: pfft i took a dare at work to eat a chilli some blokes dad grew..... within 10 mins i was sh***ing fire..... have been applying lucas paw paw cream to my date daily since and every day a bit of my shpinc skin has been peeling off..... 3rd degree burns from a pepper.... best $20 i have ever made
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16-Nov-06, 12:01 PM
|  | I Eat Cats Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Sydney Age/Gender: 21 | | | |
In support of what Jordo just said, I had a blue tongue given to me a few years ago that had had that exact problem, the owner of this lizard did not pay much attention to his animals however and the problem could have easily been prevented by the method that has already been described. People should not be so quick to dismiss these sorts of things as crap simply because they have not seen it happen.
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16-Nov-06, 12:12 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-06 Location: Vic Gender: | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Veredus In support of what Jordo just said, I had a blue tongue given to me a few years ago that had had that exact problem, the owner of this lizard did not pay much attention to his animals however and the problem could have easily been prevented by the method that has already been described. People should not be so quick to dismiss these sorts of things as crap simply because they have not seen it happen. | Cheers mate, I've also seen it in a beardy.
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[5:55:17] ihaveherps: pfft i took a dare at work to eat a chilli some blokes dad grew..... within 10 mins i was sh***ing fire..... have been applying lucas paw paw cream to my date daily since and every day a bit of my shpinc skin has been peeling off..... 3rd degree burns from a pepper.... best $20 i have ever made
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16-Nov-06, 12:31 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-04 Location: The far and bewildered mountainside of the strange region of Carpathia Age/Gender: 34 | | | |
Yep, it's true. Limbs will drop off. Usually it's their toes that will go, particularly with pit animals but an arm can also be lost if the lizard is kept in a dry, hot enclosure with no consideration for humidity. Too dry an environment can lead to shedding problems.. The skin dries up around the joints and acts like a rubber band around a sheeps tail. The blood flow to these areas is cut off and the limb slowly dies and falls off. Once the problem starts there's usually no going back and the limb must be allowed to drop off.
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