A few days ago I found a big blob of skin in one of the crested gecko enclosures. It wasn't the normal looking left-over bit of shed, but a wad of skin which I couldn't resist checking out. I soaked it in lukewarm water for a while and then started to unravel it with the blunt end of a toothpick. This is what I ended up with:
If you have good eyes, you can see the pattern made by the crests along the spine.
It's normal for snakes to shed all in one piece, but I've never seen an almost complete 'one piece' gecko shed like this one. It's from one of my female crested geckos. Since the gecko 'peels' the skin off, it's inside out. The other leg and foot were there when I started to unravel it, but I accidentally ripped them off. I tried to get the toe and tail tips out too, but it's too fragile and tricky. Too bad I couldn't at least get the tail to the adhesive pad, it would have been great to see the pattern in the skin.
Close-up of scale pattern in one of the feet from the 'full body' crested gecko shed.
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