Oh no, need prompt advice, have had an accident

[patientz3ro]

I called already lol, he said sometimes a stressful event can trigger a shed, but there's nothing I can do to help other than keep the humidity very high to make it as easy as possible for her to get out of her skin (aka anything I try to do right now will likely make things worse). I'll update on her progress.

If you need to keep humidity higher, but still regulated, consider a fogger. I can't even begin to tell you how much I rely on mine.


I just want to say, I've followed this thread from the very beginning, mainly because trauma medicine (people) is my passion. It's not the longest thread, but there are two things that make me grateful it's here.

First, it's a warm fuzzy to be able to pat someone on the back once in a while and tell them that they're doing everything right. Too many of these threads devolve into, "well, we ALL told you not to do that!"

Second, it's an awesome opportunity to see what happens when people actually follow husbandry advice and heed the "see a vet" chorus, then step back a bit and let an animal heal with a minimum of interference. Just goes to show how great these animals are at fixing themselves.

I suspect I'll point someone to this thread in the future as an example of how general illnesses and injuries should be taken care of.

BTW, as much as I love working with animals, I work on human patients because they need it more than animals...

People are WAY more likely to do something stupid enough to need my help!

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