OUCH! That's what happen when....

[Jezabel]

when you try to remove an old shed bare hand from an amazon!!! She won't let go! That's a good thing that she's young. At least, half his shed is gone, now left the hard part....the neck!

[HELENA]

Ouch! Looks like it hurts. I got tagged the other day by our Biaks, I know how it feels:)

[Clownfishie]

Owie! *wince*... that doesn't look like fun...

Best of luck getting the rest of the shed off!

[sparkon16]

yikes that must feel nice! nothing like a snake bit to wake u up in the mornin'! lol she is just trying to remind whos boss lol jk/.

[Lisa]

I've been told (haven't had reason to try it) that a whiff of rubbing alcohol will make a snake let go. anyone ever try this? I don't mean putting the alcohol right to the snake, just letting him/her smell it.

[Richard Welter]

To get rid of the rest of the shed put the amazon in a 10 gallon pale and let it sit in there for one hour with warm water. The last own must not have had the humidity up high enough. As most Corallus snakes that I have worked with shed in one or two piece's. Hope that helps

[sSNAKESs.com]

let him out and gently pin his neck right below his head down and get someone to hold his lower half down, wet him up and peel it off or use a damp towell and gently rub it off :)

[Jezabel]

Helena: I've heard that gtp theeth are even worst!

Lisa: I've tried this at the petstore where I got her and, she got absolutly no reaction to the alchool. Maybe we didn't do it the right way.

Richard Welter: She's a freash wc, she's been in canada for about 2-3 weeks so she's deshydrated. She.s in a 10 gal with a little les then an inche of water in the botom (with braches and a dry place at the botom) and I've put Gastrolyte in the water. I've never seen a bad shed like this.

Jeff: I think that's what i'm gonna have to do...try to find someone that wants to hold her! Hum, going to be hard to find!

Thanks everyone. I'm aready thinking of getting an other one if everything turns ou well. :D Are they hard to breed?

[PoiSoNouS]

Ouch !
Shes still small and look at those theeth!!!

[dlucka]

Hi Jez!!!

Well i see it's going well with her:-) Told you they have good teeth. It hurt !! But it did a real good pic!!!

The bath is a good idea scrub her after (be gentle), the shed will be softer and should go real easy. If there is no part of the old skin going around her, don't be too hard with her it will fall. Bad thing on a young snake like you have, skin around the tip of the tail, the snake get bigger but not the tip, I saw it.

Have fun with her!!!

[Linds]

LOL...that looks like it tickles just a wee bit :p I've never heard of alcohol making them let go, but I know a squirt of vinegar in the mouth will do it. It's one of the most important tools to have around when dealing with large snakes should you get taken for a bunny :eek: That's the only I've ever heard of that works - some people say cold water, some say just peel it off, some say smack its nose - now I've yet to hear of anyone successfully remove an animal with those methods :rolleyes: She's a really gorgeous girl. From everyone I've spoken to on the subject, ATB's are a very easy species to breed.

[Lisa]

Smacking it's nose sounds like a good way to get a grumpy snake... thanks for the vinager tip.

[KRYSTA]

well thats gotta be painful....like ouch!! i have never been bit by any of my snakes....so far...and i am happy..hehe!

[Them and Us]

yeah I'm just going to say this. yeah that looks like it did tickle a bit and it sucks to be bitten and I can't wait to get one.

[snakemann87]

ive also never been bitten by any of mine, but came REAL close by my ball python. I was attempting to feed him and at the time i didnt have any hemostats, and had the rat by the tail. Well lets just say if my hand was about 2 more inches in i would of been nailed by my 3 1/2ft ball python. May not be much to most people but a big jump from only being bitten by wild garter snakes.

[ReptiZone]

ya you are right snakeman87 as for geting them to realese I find that if you put the open mouth under a runing faucet of cold water the instincts to servive kick,s in and they let go.
for shedind problems I let them soak and then burryng them onder a small pile of damp towels when they climb out the skin should stay on the towels


P.S it may be the first bite but I guarantee you not the last.LOL

[paolo_28]

Ouch, sorry to hear that but the good thing is that, now at least you know how it feels to get bit by him/her. J/K But good luck with the shed.

[Jezabel]

Thanks everyone! It dosen't hurt alot (even if it look like) cause she's still small. Not sure I'ld like to see how it is with a 6ft adult!

And the shed is all gone now, the bite pics is when I got her as a freach wc. Now she in great shape! :D

http://www.hissnherps.ca/iris-017.jpg

[vincenzo]

wow what a beaut can't wait till i get my second one

[snakemann87]

shes even prettier after the shed, wow.

[Lisa]

Wow, what deep red. Has she calmed down at all?

[chappy]

WOW thats awesome! Tony is sure gonna like that

[AstroZombie]

Watch out, Amazons are addictive...I'm up to 4 now:eek:
All of mine are wc and all had a crappy shed right after I got them.
Skin kept getting stuck around their eyes.
What I find works best is just putting them in a damp pillowcase for about three hours, throwing the case back ino the enclosure to stay warm. The shed ends up as a damp lil ball in the bottom of the pillowcase and you end up with one slick looking ammie without any manual removal of shed.
Now that all my ammies have been vet checked, dewormed and have begun eating like champs, my mission is to hopefully start a captive breeding program within the next two years so that none of us have to buy wc again!:cool:

:skull: Jenn:skull:

[Ed_r]

Plenty of Captive breeders out there. You can always tell the captive bred one cuz they charge like 5 times what a w/c is. I normally just give them a bath like I do with any other snake. The water defuses their heat pits so they are less likely to strike.
Also I really don't recomend "pinning" an ammie. Their necks are very fragile and are easily broken. If you don't want to get bit, wear a rubber dishwashing glove, get it wet so it cools off, and quickly grab your Ammie behind the head. You now have total control over them. Then your free to massage off the poor shed.

[Nanashi04]

ouch! >.<

[Nanashi04]

she's pretty though...