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As some of you may know from my past posts i have a adult male high yellow of around 2years old who has extreamly bad sheds.He has a moist moss box that is kept on the warm side of his viv.tonight i went to feed him as normal and noticed he was shedding but had not removed the skin past his head.As i always do,i gave him a warm soak in some luke warm water with some cotton wool at the bottem so he can stand on it.I then used the cotton wool to help him ease of some of his skin around his toes as he always leaves little "boots" on which i have to take off because of him losing his toes.Only tonight i noticed that the underneath side of his tail looked very red and almost like a bruse for no apparent reason.When it came to removing some skin from his tail he wouldnt let me touch it even with cotten wool.To my amazment he curled round and pulled the skin off himself in his mouth.The only problem is that it must of been so sore it started to bleed slightly.I checked him only 2 days ago as i do with all my leos and he was in perfect condition with no apparent problems other then being a little off on the eating side-but he did eat the odd waxie so it didnt worry me to much.He was on reptile sand as a substrate and i have removed this now and replaced it with paper untill it heals as i thought it would only cause more problems rubbing him.Has anybody got any advise other then the obvious take him to a vet?Im really upset by it as its come on so quickley.I have posted some picks below to give you an idea and any help to put my mind at rest and help my poor leo would be fantastic.

