shed problem

LISA127 · 10-15-04, 11:51 AM

Hi all. Last night my 2 year old cornsnake shed, and she retained some skin on the tip of her tail. What is the best way to remove this? I have removed skin from leo's toes before, but it's a little more difficult to do the tail of my corn. Any tricks out there that work well? Thanks.
Lisa

**Andy_G** · 10-15-04, 12:07 PM

Take a warm damp facecloth in your hand, wrap it around your snake right before where the retained skin starts, and make your snake crawl through it a few times while you keep it snug around the snake's body...but not so tight to hurt the snake of course

. It may take a few crawls thru but that's the best way to do it that I have come across.

LISA127 · 10-15-04, 12:20 PM

Thank you.

I'll try that.

vanderkm · 10-15-04, 12:57 PM

Agree with Andy's suggestion - good luck getting it off - more info in this thread
http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/showt...threadid=55495

mary v.

TerrorFox · 10-15-04, 04:04 PM

lol, yeah I had the same problem just today and I just had to put it in a humid chamber and it fell off during the day.

LISA127 · 10-15-04, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by vanderkm
Agree with Andy's suggestion - good luck getting it off - more info in this thread
http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/showt...threadid=55495

mary v.

I'm sorry...I didn't realize this was just asked.