yes you should let your gecko shed on its own; no its not painful for them. when they shed they do it on their own and they eat their shed and it gives them tons of nutrients, that is a reason why they may not eat while they are shedding as well.
cait-kkluverr
If it wiggles and it's opening it's mouth then stop
FeistyAndCrystal
you can see that their gecko has already dropped its tail
moqwerty-ed
You should never do that because it can actually hurt the gecko only if they need help you can help them because I have a gecko so you can just hurt the gecko so don’t ever do that