Presenting problem: Dysecdysis in Reptiles

Primarily a disease of captive reptiles, dysecdysis is sporadically seen in free-ranging reptiles. Among captive reptiles, difficult sheds are most common in those with a complete shedding cycle: snakes and some geckos such as the leopard gecko and African fat-tailed gecko. Some skinks with relatively tiny digits, are prone to retaining shed skin on the digits . . .


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Pollock C. Presenting problem: Dysecdysis in reptiles. February 10, 2013. LafeberVet Web site. Available at https://lafeber.com/vet/presenting-problem-dysecdysis-in-reptiles/