Geckos Shedding?!

[JrFear]

Ok so one of my levis im looking after is shedding and hes eating his skins is this normal? hahaaa just curious it looks quite strange!

Thanks

 

[Freeloader]

Perfectly normal.

 

[Sock Puppet]

On Adrian Hemens' Reptile World series, he shows a gecko doing just that, can't remember which species, but yeah, wouldn't be alarmed.

 

[Jay84]

My Levis all eat their skins, most of the time there is nothing left, the only indicator is they were white before hand and now look new lol.

 

[Snakelove]

apparently the reason they eat it was that it has nutritional value for them and coz they don't leave their shed behind in case of a predator or something. saw it on adrian's reptile

 

[JrFear]

Ok thanks all!
i got him out and helped him cause he was having some trouble then gave back his skin and he munched it down! was cute!

 

[JoceyFisch]

The first time my babies shed I was so confused and couldn't figure out where the skin had gone until my lil bro told me they eat it!

 

[bally]

its nice to see an albino gecko.........even if it is just for a couple of hours

 

[richochy]

heard its really nutritional for them, just make sure they get it all off their toes, can be a problem with smaller geckos...