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Well our Northern Blue Tongue Skink will be 3 months tommorow and one has started to look like he'll be shedding again. Their last shed was just on the 22nd of last month. This seems like a short time to me, though I'm used to snakes and lizards that normaly shed parts at a time and alway seem to be sheding. Is this a short time between sheds or normal at this age? I would think normal as the growth rate is high at this time.
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I would say it's normal.
Young, rapidly growing reptiles will shed pretty frequently.
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They'll shed and shed and shed, mine are 2 years old and shed almost every other month if not more often
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My Blue Tongue Skink Sammy is 5 months old and she still sheds every 2-3 weeks. I'm told it will slow down as she gets older/larger.

 


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