2 and a half weeks on!

[Psychodrake]

Hello everybody,

This will be my last frequent post as I'm now pretty much entirely confident on Panzers growth and health. I don't have any photos of him right now as he has shed today, his first shed with me.

Today I just want to ask a simple question. He started shedding around 10AM (GMT +1) and was actively removing the skin himself from around 12AM-2PM. He's settling down now in his sleeping spot but still has some skin to be shed on his tail, about half of his tail still has old skin on it and some of his fingers though that seems to be coming off.

Is it normal for the tail to take a little longer? If it isn't off tomorrow night, I was going to have a go at helping him with some warm water, but it's the type of thing I'd like to know and haven't heard much of.

Pretty much the basic info, he's 3-4 months old. I gave him two extra short mistings today to aid him. He had a big juicy silkworm and a few crickets to eat, so no problems with eating or hydration. I think the skin will pop off tomorrow when I go to mist him.

Photos will come when he's finished his shedding so you can see his lovely new jacket!

 

[mbondy]

This is completely normal, you should just leave him alone. You can always put him in theshower on a plant, with the head aimed at the wall, and this will hydrate his skin and hopefully speed up the process. Good luck!

 

[Psychodrake]

Cheers. Well here are some photos, the quality is a bit meh but oh well ;\

Second picture, his eye looks weird because he moved it as soon as I took the picture, so you can see his pupil twice. Compare these to the picture I took the day I got him.

He's had a growth spurt!

 

[carol5208]

You could mist him with some warm water, but I would not recommend pulling off the skin even if it is driving you crazy!

 

[Psychodrake]

You could mist him with some warm water, but I would not recommend pulling off the skin even if it is driving you crazy!

Yeah I handled him for about 5 minutes today and just gently "Stroked" his tail to ease some more off. You can see some flaking off one of his feet still in the above photos.

The tail shed isn't looking tight or uncomfortable so it'll probably come off in time. If it starts to look bad I'll do something.

 

[Bluesimon]

Hi, psychodrake what a lovely chameleon you have, I'm going to take my substrate out today and I shall post some pics on a thread, but your chameleon is looking great.