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    Default Question on phyllomedusa molt/pale spot?

    Wanted to know if anyone knows how they molt and how to tell-they must do it, as they have grown a lot. But unlike WTF that I have kept before, where you can see skin visibly sloughing and peeling off, I never see anything with the monkeys except perfectly smooth and waxy skin.

    The reason for my question is that one of my guys has a small area of strange coloration; I noticed it last night when he went dark, a small patch (size of two pencil eraser tips) stayed light green. Today when he is green again, I can barely see this area as slightly lighter lime green.

    Of course this causes panic of fungal, bacterial and other doomsday scenarios. I will check him up close later when I take out to weigh and then will soak in diluted pedialyte, any other suggestions appreciated.

    PS they are in a total screen cage with PowerSun bulb and other lights, 95 degrees for basking down to 78 in other areas. Normally the house is around 38% humidity but this week it went up to 42 a couple of days. The (treated) water is kept pristine.
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    Default Re: Question on phyllomedusa molt/pale spot?

    HI, unlike reptiles frogs dont shed their skin to grow. They shed and eat their skin to gain nutrition or maybe even for a small meal if foods not around. Shedding skin for a waxy would cause them to lose water and their waxy coat. I dont know if ive ever seen mine shed i wanna say i have cause i have the picture in my head but im not sure if im imagening it lol

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