Comments on: Why do leopard Geckos eat their shed skin?

By: rex

rex — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:21:59 +0000

it is good for them
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i have a leo

By: Dale d

Dale d — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:16:59 +0000

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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By: person or alien

person or alien — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:05:59 +0000

ya i know isnt that gross mine hasnt sheded yet i got it about 3 days ago
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By: soytokemonsr

soytokemonsr — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:24:59 +0000

They recycle!!!
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By: tiffany

tiffany — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:39:59 +0000

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

By: tori

tori — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:26:59 +0000

yeah i think they eat it 4 additional nutrition hermit crabs do 2!
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By: Lindsee E

Lindsee E — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:00:59 +0000

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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By: ckretdancer

ckretdancer — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:51:59 +0000

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

By: fukawthoridy

fukawthoridy — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:44:59 +0000

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

By: lyd285

lyd285 — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:22:59 +0000

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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