First shed

[Brently]

Okay so Athena has finally gone through her first shed since I have had her. She was in her log for the entire time she was in blue. And I think from being in such a tight spot she may have had problems. She retained a very small amount of shed about a 1/4" around on her side. I know that a retained shed can be bad so I peeled off as much as I could. But there is still a little dead skin clinging to scales or in between. Is this an issue? I don't want her to get ill from something as trivial as dead skin...

[stephanbakir]

If her vent, eyes, heat pits, and tail tip are clear you really have nothing you should worry about.

[Lankyrob]

The only time i would be overly ocncerned apart from what Stephan mentioned is if their is a piece stuck that goes round the whole girth of the snake.

[Norm66]

What they said, but if it bothers you some warm water on a wash cloth and letting her crawl through it in your hand should do the trick. I've also just soaked mine for a couple minutes and had it basically peel right off.

[Terranaut]

Our male had a bad shed first shed at our house. We peeked it all off after a nice warm bath. He had a small spot on his head that didn't come off but it left with the next shed.
Good luck. No worries.
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[Gungirl]

Keep an eye on your humidity and you should never have an issue. I have never had to assist with a shed.

[unknownclown]

If its just a little bit you might be able to get it off with a warm wet washcloth

[alessia55]

The only time i would be overly ocncerned apart from what Stephan mentioned is if their is a piece stuck that goes round the whole girth of the snake.

Never thought about this. How come it's bad if there's a piece stuck that goes around the whole girth of the snake? Is it just because it would be tight around the snake's body? Just curious

[Lankyrob]

Yeah, just the tightness really, and to the OP - first sheds can be nasty so dont worry too much as long as your humidity is right, the snake has been kept in one place, then transported, then put into a new enclosure - it is stressful and you dont really know that the husbandry was perfect in the previous home.

As long as the next shed is ok then you will be fine, a couple of my snakes had bad first sheds with me but have since been fine.

[Brently]

Okay then. My humidity is generally around 50-60 percent but when the humidifier comes on it goes up to around 80. I am not worried about the shed now. I thought that they shed more frequently then this durning the first year or so. I had her for a little over two months before her first shed. Not that worried about it but just want to make sure that everything is good.