Blizzard shedding --help!

[treegirl]

I went to take my baby Blizzard out tonite and noticed that his skin is shedding.... only it's not in one piece but flaking in different areas. I read that this can be due to low humidity and/or poor diet. He eats like a piggy so I don't think it's his diet.

What can I do??

How can I improve the humidity level in his viv??

please help!

:confused:

tree

[Simon]

I haven't heard of shedding in pieces having anything to do with diet....

but humidity I would say so.
When shedding try and keep the tank around 40-60% humid.

Now there's nothing much to worry about since you know that it has a bit of shedding problem. So what I would recommand you to do is soak the snake in luke warm water for about 30 min. (But before you do that make sure you test the water's temp and make sure that the snake doesn't have a full belly~~)

Don't worry too much. Just make sure that it doesn't leave any unshed skin on though~ cause leaving unshed skin CAN block the blood circulation and might lead to death to muscle failure~

[vanderkm]

We put them into a plastic container (with holes for breathing) wiht a couple damp paper towels or a damp terry towel and let them sit in there for about a hour. I just keep the container in my snake room, so it doesn't get too cold. Many of them will have shed completely by the time I check them. If they have not, I will just let them crawl through the towel a couple times when I am holding it - so it rubs the rest of the skin off gently.

Be sure to check that the tail tip has shed completely. Like Simon said - that is one place where if the old skin sticks on a baby it can result in the circulation being impaired and the tail can drop off. Check the eyes carefully too to make sure the eye caps have come off (I usually look for the clear caps in the shed).

The bad shed is likely an indication that your overall humidity is too low and the easiest way to address that for corns is to provide a moist hidebox when you notice their eyes going blue. We just use a margarine tub with sphagnum moss in it for any snakes that seem to have difficulty shedding. Some babies seem to be worse than others, but by the time they are adults, corns seem to be really tolerant of low humidity.

mary v.

[treegirl]

...thank you so much mary!


tree

[treegirl]

...and of course, thank you too Simon!

[natcornsnakelov]

here what u do this workes for me u put it in warm water for just a little bit and iit should help and don't drowned the snake.