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Center-Sinai Animal Hospital
Serving the Los Angeles Community since 1969
10737 Venice Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90034
(310) 559-3770
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range of pet care and emergency veterinary services available
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Help, Dr. B! My lady gecko's shedding skin was covering back legs which
aren't working
Dear Dr. Baum --
Dr. B, my gecko was shedding last night and when
I woke up I saw that there was skin wrapped tightly around both of
her back legs. When I peeled the skin off and observed the gecko she
was walking with only her front legs and dragging her back legs and
tail.
Camryn, Owings Mills, Maryland
Dear Camryn:
There are two possibilities, both related to the shedding. In one
case, if the skin wrapped around the hind legs and caused a
constriction of the blood vessels -- in the way that a tourniquet
does -- the part of the limb distal to the obstruction would die off
due to lack of circulation. The affected part would be cold and
limp.
In scenario two, in an attempt to complete the shedding process, she
might have injured herself. Whether the writhing movements were so
forceful to damage the bones or whether the bones themselves were
weak due to metabolic bone disease (calcium deficiencies) would need
to be determined.
Dr. B
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