Small Shedding Problem - please help

[nekrosoft13]

My chameleon has a small shedding problem. to be excact on the tip of the tail.

how can i help?

picture quality is not the best, hard to take a picture.

 

[Brad]

How long ago did your chameleon shed? What kind of humidity levels are you providing?

 

[desultadox]

One of my chameleons has had trouble shedding at the tip of her tail since before I even got her and it happens EVERY shed. Ultimately I have to help peel the skin off because it constricts her tail and she can't control her tail much past the point where the shed trouble begins. I don't think her humidity has ever gone below 60% and she's gratuitously misted daily, so I've never figured out why that happens. So I would recommend taking care of that sooner rather than later, though it looks like it may already be too late.

 

[BocaJan]

This is kind of off chami topic, but my snake, when it was young, had the same problem. I didn't remove the shed but waited until the next shed. By that time the tip was black. I tried to remove it then, but the tip, about 3/8ths of the tail, came off. The snake is now about 24 inches and you wouldn't know anything ever happened.

Perhaps this is what would happen with chameleons, I don't know - just speculation. But I sure wouldn't wait to find out. I would remove it.

 

[nekrosoft13]

humidity is about 60-70

this is about little over 2 weeks old, from the last shed.

I also had a snake before, and had a same situation, someone told me to use vegetable oil and soak the tail in it. After about 3-4 times i was able to take it off. Is it ok to try something like that on a Chameleon?

 

[lbesok]

I would try a shower and see if that loosens it up enough to fall off/pick off. Is it just me or does the tip look like it might have gotten gnawed by a cage-mate, that could be the source of the difficulties.

 

[roguekiller23231]

when my chameleons shed i tend not to spray them, and notice that the skin comes of faster and easier, and i make sure that there is somethink that they can rub up against that is rough. i have a jungle vine that is quite rough, and they tend to wrap there tails round it when they walk about during there shed and it pulls off the dead skin.

 

[desultadox]

When the shed was dry it was very difficult for me to remove. What I did was fill the sink a little with water and just put her tail in the water and it came off pretty easy from there.