krazyeyez
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It has been about a year and a half since my b/r/b&w hybrid, DRAZIL, showed signs if shed retention. I have gone through it all... With some great help from bobby and others, and great advice, I was determined to get through it. I just had no idea it would go on so long. Finally, this week she began shedding on her own. I am so happy to see her beautiful high contrast white and pattern markings again. I almost forgot what she looked like.
So, let go through this... Initially, everyone told me "soak" and often, didn't help... Then after picking up my male, I talked with bobby at varnyard, he suggested diet; put oils into their food to break the layers and revitalize her skin, and thank you bobby it definitely helped... But didn't work. Next, it was to the vet, I live in a small town with only one vet that dies exotics and had never heard of a tegu before... Great. I found out that she had developed minor kidney problems from dehydration. I had to give her sub-q shots of saline lactaide, every day for over a month. She showed progress, but it didn't work. In talking to a friend, Jeremy bales, who moved to Arkansas to breed red tail boas, he recommended soak and oil baths with neosporine or olive oil, helped, but didn't work.
Finally, winter came, time to put the monsters down for a few months. This winter, in the desert, has been one of the longest... As it got warmer, I continued my routine; turkey balls with liver, cod liver oil, rats once a week, good long hot soaks, and I switched to mineral oil rub downs. The temperature continued to climb, my monsters started coming out and basking regularly, I let them soak up the desert sun. Out of no where, this week, the skin began to peel. I can only attribute this to perseverance.
To any of you out there that have had to go through this, or are going through it, stay motivated, stay on top of your baby's diet, rub their little toes to keep the ringing down. Most importantly, let them be. I think the most important factor in DRAZIL's recovery was hibernation... Yes, keep doing everything else. Soak them, feed them and right, keep humidity in the enclosure, pay the vet to tell you what you think you already know... Do what ever you have to do to maintain good husbandry, bc in the end, they're yours, and they're worth every penny and every hour.
So, let go through this... Initially, everyone told me "soak" and often, didn't help... Then after picking up my male, I talked with bobby at varnyard, he suggested diet; put oils into their food to break the layers and revitalize her skin, and thank you bobby it definitely helped... But didn't work. Next, it was to the vet, I live in a small town with only one vet that dies exotics and had never heard of a tegu before... Great. I found out that she had developed minor kidney problems from dehydration. I had to give her sub-q shots of saline lactaide, every day for over a month. She showed progress, but it didn't work. In talking to a friend, Jeremy bales, who moved to Arkansas to breed red tail boas, he recommended soak and oil baths with neosporine or olive oil, helped, but didn't work.
Finally, winter came, time to put the monsters down for a few months. This winter, in the desert, has been one of the longest... As it got warmer, I continued my routine; turkey balls with liver, cod liver oil, rats once a week, good long hot soaks, and I switched to mineral oil rub downs. The temperature continued to climb, my monsters started coming out and basking regularly, I let them soak up the desert sun. Out of no where, this week, the skin began to peel. I can only attribute this to perseverance.
To any of you out there that have had to go through this, or are going through it, stay motivated, stay on top of your baby's diet, rub their little toes to keep the ringing down. Most importantly, let them be. I think the most important factor in DRAZIL's recovery was hibernation... Yes, keep doing everything else. Soak them, feed them and right, keep humidity in the enclosure, pay the vet to tell you what you think you already know... Do what ever you have to do to maintain good husbandry, bc in the end, they're yours, and they're worth every penny and every hour.
