leaf tail gecko shedding

[cringles]

Hi guys,
I managed to catch my female leaftail gecko shedding last night , she has a very weird habit of eating some of the skin she's pulling off!!!! :shock:
Any one else seen this in their geckoes?
Cheers cringles

 

[Riley]

saltuarius swaini? nice gecko!
once, my gecko (phyllurus platurus) (similar to you gecko) pulled the shedding on its tail off with its mouth. Never heard of a gecko; or any reptile eat their shedding.. sorry!

 

[m.punja]

awsome geckos. I'd love to get some but I'm not sure if we can have them in vic...? are they hard to keep?

 

[Glider]

All my knobtails eat their shed skin, you hardly ever know they've shed unless theres a little glove of skin still stuck to their foot or something!

 

[Rocket]

Ive noticed with my C.louisiadensis, N.levis and even my G.variegata once that they feast on their fresh shed.

 

[RevDaniel]

love the photo

 

[cringles]

Hi Riley,
Salebrosis geckoes, care of rob porter, easy to keep , pretty heat tolerant, 2-3 crickets 3 times a week , one feed dusted with calcium dust, water supplied by spray twice a week along with water bowl, eggs incubate at 24-25 degrees (room temp)
cheers,
cringles

 

[PhilK]

Caught an A.H.G once and it pulled off the shed with its mouth and ate it. Chameleons do it too

 

[Riley]

oh! looks very similar to the s. swaini. nice pic by the way.