Monday, October 21, 2013

New skin!

What made me happy today? New skin!
Hoshi has new skin. Leopard geckos shed their skin when they grow out of it. And, oddly enough, you may not even know it has happened because they will eat their shed skin. No one knows for sure why they do that. Some people believe it's as a precaution against predators, others say it might be to get some nutrition out of it.
The colours of a leopard gecko's skin will become muted, and the skin will have a grey cast to it. Also, Hoshi started behaving a bit differently. She hid almost all day yesterday, and today she was very active. She kept scratching her head and body against the plants and log in her house. So I made sure to raise the humidity a bit, and I also put a humid hide (basically a small box with soaking wet paper towels in it) to help ease her discomfort. And it worked. She's shed all of her skin, and is much happier now :-)
I really like her, and I'm glad she seems to be doing well in her new home :-)

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