1. elchistoso69 Said,

   All lizards do this. They pull some of the skin off with their mouths and eating it is a convenient way to conserve energy.
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2. lyd285 Said,

   also as with humans skin is a good source of vitamins and such so i am assuming that that helps them as well.
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3. fukawthoridy Said,

   It is believed to be dual in its purpose, first to conserve precious minerlas and such, the other reason is to avoid detection a pile of dead skin would attract a predator to their rock cave homes
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   i breed reptiles

4. ckretdancer Said,

   Geckos eat their shedded skin because it has extra vitamins and minerals in large amounts, that they can’t really get elsewhere.
   Young geckos won’t eat anything like crickets or mealworms untill after thier first shed, by the way.
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   My dad’s a herpetologist

5. Lindsee E Said,

   because it is like vitamins to them and if they do not eat it they will become sick because they will not have anfoe proiten to them
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6. tori Said,

   yeah i think they eat it 4 additional nutrition
   hermit crabs do 2!
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7. tiffany Said,

   ITS NUTRIOUS AND THERE ANSESTERS IN TEH WILD DID IT SO THAT PREDETIORS CANT SMELL THEM OR GET ON THE TRACT AND FIND THE IF THERE HIDDING AND I READ ABOVE THEY WONT EAT UNTIL THEY SHED THATS THE STUPPIDST THING IN THE WORLD HOW DUMB THEY ARE LIVING BEINS THEY HAVE TO EAT AND TO THE LITTLE KID THAT SAID HER DAD WAS A HERP A WHAT EVER HE SHOULD BE FIRED
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   I HAVE A BRAIN AND SOME PEOPLE JUST ANSWER TO GET POINTS

8. soytokemonsr Said,

   They recycle!!!
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9. person or alien Said,

   ya i know isnt that gross mine hasnt sheded yet i got it about 3 days ago
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10. Dale d Said,

    I actually think the guy who stated that they recycle was the one most on track. Yes, they get added nutrition from eating it but the vitamins and minerals that they get are what is needed for them to form new skin so by eating it they are in a sense recyling it, the nutrients in the skin get reused to make new skin. Sounds like recycling to me. the person above was also correct when he/she stated that hermit crabs do it too. The specific nutrients that they recycle are chitin and calcium but I am not exactly sure about what nutrients the geckos need from the skin.
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11. rex Said,

    it is good for them
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    i have a leo

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