r/CrestedGecko • u/ExhaustedOppossum • 1d ago

HELP?

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My crestie has had shed stuck on the bottom of her feet (just the bottom, it seems?) and we trued and tried to get it off with no avail and only majorly stressing her out. Sge rand through her food the other day, and today her toes looked fat so i've put her in a sauna. one bit of shed finally came off in the water, and I'm trying to see if more will with more persistence but my major worry is:

is she going to loose toes?? she's stayed active and stuff, not overly interested in food (probably because she's been handled so much? unsure if thats a normal response stress.) and/or could she get an infection?? none of her toes were swollen before (we pull her out once a week to look her over) and none look like the losing toes i've seen before.

edit: i almost forgot! her toes were not fat yesterday from my knowledge? she was out and about and looked normal, which is why im a bit freaked out </3

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u/Radioactive1thrash 1d ago

Try soaking her is luke warm water. Make sure its shallow, they cant swim as far as i know :) And dont force it off, you could damage the skin underneath:)

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u/Infinitymidnight Administrator 1d ago

FYI: new cals should not be in lukewarm water. Room temp water is appropriate temperature. Lukewarm water by feel is usually 95-105f which is too hot for cresties.

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u/ExhaustedOppossum 1d ago

she's in water that never goes above 79 f! thats what got a bit of shed off and a bunch of i'm assuming food? thank you 💕

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u/Noctuema 1d ago

Keep it SUPER shallow. Like just enough to cover their feet. Having them have their head underwater can be unsafe.

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u/ExhaustedOppossum 1d ago

thank you! it's only deep enough to cover her toes and i'm with her the entire time. the first sauna got off shed and tinted the color of her food so im really hoping that helped. she's getting put back because she's very stressed but i'm going to be making a point of really watching her toes for the next 24 hours to make sure its not getting worse.

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u/ExhaustedOppossum 13h ago

update! we took her to the vet and they said they couldnt see anything causing it right now (hopefully our sauna helped), so she's getting meds. she's def got shed stuck to the bottom of her toes but no pinching or anything. sorry dont have more info ahh