Just thought I would share my amazement with you!

Obviously I know that my leos regularly shed, but I'd never seen it until yesterday!!

Got home last night and as always, straight to Jeff and Ripley...noticed that all the kitchen roll was all ruffled up in the moist hide, so just took lid off to check all was okay, and Ripley had made a right mess of it! Took her out for a bit, and noticed how pale she was, so knew what she was about to do - moistened the hide a bit more, and then watched................!!!

It took 20 minutes, from beginning to end, and I've never seen anything like it before!!! She started by rubbing her head onto the kitchen roll, and it started to peel really easily round her nose, over the eyes, neck, everything coming off in one piece!! The best bit to watch were the legs and toes - it was like gloves coming off and she happily munched away on the shed, leaving no trace of skin!!! Her tail skin just slipped off so easily and she then had one more wipe all over her body on the kitchen towel and then realised she had an audience!! She then popped out of the hide, looked at me, paraded her new beautiful colours, and then went back in! Little poser!!!

So cool!!!!! Was so proud of her! I know it's a natural process and everything, but it really is amazing!!!

Anyway, just thought I'd share that with you! You've probably all seen it before, but it's all new to me!

I would love to see a lizard or any reptile shedding!

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Me too!

You were really lucky CT1974 it must be amazing to watch. Wish I could catch my crestie at shedding time

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the eating skin bit, i know its perfectly natural but is a little wierd.

yep i see mine quite often shedding but think thats because i have so many its hard not to it is pretty cool though.they look great after the shed too.

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lol it is amazing aint it, i was lucky to catch one of mine, juas as i was taking pics, so took a few snaps and filmed it lol heres a couple of the pics, if i can findsomewhere to upload the vid i will so you can all av a gander lol

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A vid would be great poizon!!

I need to be quicker off the mark with a camera next time, but I was absolutely rooted to the spot!

My leos never fail to make me smile every day!!!

i think when you're used to it, pics of geckos that dont eat their shed is even weider.
i dont keep any species that do this, but i know Oedura sp. do so.
J

i'm gonna sort something out to get it online so everyone can have a look, it was pure chance really, i went over to them to take some pics, and low and behold there was lily, in the egg laying box shedding, so i forgot about the otheres n sat and watched her lol

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ok so i have uploaded it onto youtube, so here goes lol

Lily Shedding:
YouTube - Lily Shedding

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