explorewildwood
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My tiger shed over the weekend (maybe about 4 days ago), and it looked like there was a teeny tiny bit of stuck shed left on two of her toes. This morning, it looks like she shed again, and has two larger chunks of stuck shed hanging from her front feet/toe area. I'm guessing this it stuck to the older pieces, which I was told to leave and they should come off on their own. She's never had an issue with shedding before.
She's about a year and half, lives in a 50 gal. wide, plenty of substrate to burrow, leaves, moss, multiple cork bark piece to climb/hide, and a large pool. She's acting normal. She spends most of her day buried under her pool, her fav. spot, but generally comes out in the morning and walks around for a bit, sometimes climbs her bark or hides under it, walks around her mossy patch, then heads back under her pool. She's been dipping in her pool, which she has free access to, about once a day to every 3 days (that I actually see).
Air temps are 64-68, surface temps 62-66, humidity typically 65-79. Substrate is moist but not saturated.
I feel like husbandry is all correct, so I'm not sure what is causing this, and if I need to do something specific- should I take her out and put her in a quarantine tank that is even more moist to see if it comes off? Should I try to rub it off for her? How much time should I let pass before getting involved in helping her? Thank you for any advice!
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UPDATE: The larger pieces came off on their own within a day. I think there's still a teeny tiny bit on the end of one toe. But it's literally so small if so that it's hard to tell if it's dirt or shed. I guess my question now, if anyone reads this, is if salamander shed can build up like reptile shed can? And if so, if that's something to monitor and do something about?
She's about a year and half, lives in a 50 gal. wide, plenty of substrate to burrow, leaves, moss, multiple cork bark piece to climb/hide, and a large pool. She's acting normal. She spends most of her day buried under her pool, her fav. spot, but generally comes out in the morning and walks around for a bit, sometimes climbs her bark or hides under it, walks around her mossy patch, then heads back under her pool. She's been dipping in her pool, which she has free access to, about once a day to every 3 days (that I actually see).
Air temps are 64-68, surface temps 62-66, humidity typically 65-79. Substrate is moist but not saturated.
I feel like husbandry is all correct, so I'm not sure what is causing this, and if I need to do something specific- should I take her out and put her in a quarantine tank that is even more moist to see if it comes off? Should I try to rub it off for her? How much time should I let pass before getting involved in helping her? Thank you for any advice!
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UPDATE: The larger pieces came off on their own within a day. I think there's still a teeny tiny bit on the end of one toe. But it's literally so small if so that it's hard to tell if it's dirt or shed. I guess my question now, if anyone reads this, is if salamander shed can build up like reptile shed can? And if so, if that's something to monitor and do something about?
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thank you!