Lizard eats all his shed is it harmful!!!

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Lizard eats all his shed is it harmful!!!

Postby bartholemew » Wed Jan 13, 2021 2:51 pm

so for the last couple of sheds, I haven't been able to find any scales in his tank so I've been super confused cause ill come home to see that he has shed but he completes it within hours!! not even one stuck scale which is weird for him. also I can't find his shed in his tank anywhere but today I saw in his poop (i know gross) that he had shed in it so my guess is he eats all of it is this bad for him?
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Re: Lizard eats all his shed is it harmful!!!

Postby ThatOneReptileNoob » Wed Jan 13, 2021 4:19 pm

I don’t know for sure about blueys, but I know it’s actually EXPECTED with leopard geckos.
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Re: Lizard eats all his shed is it harmful!!!

Postby splashy07 » Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:03 am

Many lizards do that so as not to alert predators of their presence. No, it is not bad for them and I wish to God all mine would do the same. What a mess when four or five of them decide to do it on the same day.
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Re: Lizard eats all his shed is it harmful!!!

Postby bartholemew » Thu Jan 14, 2021 4:02 pm

ok thank you :D

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