June the Gecko's Big Shed (Pic Heavy)

[AlbertaGirl]

Junie had a big shed today, so I took some pics. Towards the end I think she got sick of the 'paparazzi' and went into her hide to finish her shed in privacy. :lol:

Look how much sand & calcium powder she managed to spread around while getting her shed started! Guess I'll be doing a cage cleaning tonight.

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[AlbertaGirl]

Look how fat she is! She's on a diet now to lose some of that junk in the trunk.

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[AlbertaGirl]

 

[Peep_erz]

What a cutie! That was so fun to watch. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Mystic]

Aww she's soo beautiful!

 

[3CsMommy]

Do they eat their shed, or was she biting at it to help pull it off?

 

[AlbertaGirl]

They pull it off with their mouths and then eat it. I've heard two possible reasons for that - one is that if they leave skin around, predators will know that they are nearby. The other is that the skin contains a lot of nutrients and calories and they might as well use it. Who knows, maybe both are true!

 

[4everchins]

WOW!! Great pics, she is a cutie too!!

 

[3CsMommy]

Slightly gross, but still, very cool. I thought of adding a gecko to our zoo, but have decided on a corn snake instead. I'm not sure I'm quite ready to handle the necessary bugs. *shudder*

 

[macygray]

Really cool! The first time I seen that in a Petshop, only is was a snake, they left the shedded skin in the tank and I thought that was really bad I thought it was horrrrrible! Now, not so much

 

[Jenn1]

i love when they shed after words the look awesome. great pics!!

 

[Chinniechantel]

Wow, that is amazing. Thank you for sharing!

 

[Brandon]

I have never seen that before! Cool!

 

[AlbertaGirl]

I'm glad you all enjoyed it! I never get tired of watching her shed.

 

[Terbear24]

That was pretty cool. My bro had a leopard gecko growing up. I wondered why there was never any shed laying around.

 

[TillyChinchilla]

Very cool to see.

I noticed a lot of people seem to have these Geckos. How good of pets do they make? I have zero experience with reptiles and am curious what their draw is. These guys are one of the few that don't make me squirm.