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Posted by Jamie/JBug on May 13, 2000 at 18:30:03:

In Reply to: Difficult shed...need help posted by BabyHerp on May 12, 2000 at 18:41:23:

Hey, Gina!
You might try using glycerine or at least glycerin-based hand therapy lotion on the really stubborn spots. I've found when the usual stuff like KY, etc, doesn't work, glycerine seems to help pretty well. Of course, the less scented, the better. ;)

I remember once last year Bones was having a particularly difficult shed on his three forward-most spikes. KY, aloe vera and emu oil weren't doing the trick (altho emu oil usually works well), sp I brought out our tub of glycerin-based intensive hand therapy lotion. It worked like a charm! Bones, however, completely hated the cloying "rose" scent that came with it....he pranced around the whole afternoon, bobbing, posing, huffing and being otherwise macho, all the time *reeking* of roses! rofl! Never forget that one....

Best,
Jamie/JBug

: Juana has been going thru one *really* difficult shed. Been going on 3 weeks now...Her head, dewlap,tail and legs are ok now...but majority of her spikes, and her sides ...the dead skin just will NOT budge....I just don't know what to do! Ive tried lots of baths...the humidity in her cage is good. Ive tried aloe vera gel, KY, misting her several times a day. And not much improvement at all! Asked the vet about it and he didn't feel it was cause for alarm and to "keep working on it"...but then Maders says after 2 weeks shed should come off or else it may begin bacterial infection. I just wish there was something like a sand blaster I could use to get this stuff off...and if I pick at it she gets super cranky! Its really starting to bother me...Seems like the aloe vera/ and KY when it dries kinda "glues" the shed on her spikes and makes it more harder to get them off. Anymore ideas....short of restraining/ forcing her to endure my picking? Which Im going to do pretty darn soon!
: Gina

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: Hey, Gina! : You might try using glycerine or at least glycerin-based hand therapy lotion on the really stubborn spots. I've found when the usual stuff like KY, etc, doesn't work, glycerine seems to help pretty well. Of course, the less scented, the better. ;) : I remember once last year Bones was having a particularly difficult shed on his three forward-most spikes. KY, aloe vera and emu oil weren't doing the trick (altho emu oil usually works well), sp I brought out our tub of glycerin-based intensive hand therapy lotion. It worked like a charm! Bones, however, completely hated the cloying "rose" scent that came with it....he pranced around the whole afternoon, bobbing, posing, huffing and being otherwise macho, all the time *reeking* of roses! rofl! Never forget that one.... : Best, : Jamie/JBug : : Juana has been going thru one *really* difficult shed. Been going on 3 weeks now...Her head, dewlap,tail and legs are ok now...but majority of her spikes, and her sides ...the dead skin just will NOT budge....I just don't know what to do! Ive tried lots of baths...the humidity in her cage is good. Ive tried aloe vera gel, KY, misting her several times a day. And not much improvement at all! Asked the vet about it and he didn't feel it was cause for alarm and to "keep working on it"...but then Maders says after 2 weeks shed should come off or else it may begin bacterial infection. I just wish there was something like a sand blaster I could use to get this stuff off...and if I pick at it she gets super cranky! Its really starting to bother me...Seems like the aloe vera/ and KY when it dries kinda "glues" the shed on her spikes and makes it more harder to get them off. Anymore ideas....short of restraining/ forcing her to endure my picking? Which Im going to do pretty darn soon! : : Gina

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