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Old 04-29-15, 10:49 AM   #1
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Dont let your corn lose his tail

Hi every one . As a baby in the snake rearing world , 1 year . I often like to use the internet as a resource for ideas , food for thought , and info . Of coarse being cautious and checking the info I find by cross checking several sources , and who doesnt like a good U tube vid . I was watching a general corn snake care video talking about corns loosing the end of there tails , do to incomplete sheds . Of coarse I was totally sure my sons corn wouldnt have this problem , as he always sheds in one complete piece . Or so I thought ! Being paranoid , I had to immediately go look . Guess what at very tip of his tail , I am talking 1/16 of an inch on one side of his tail there was an obvious indention . I ran my fingers down the last inch of his tail and a rough spot at the end could be felt , not really seen but felt . I took out my handy mister and started alternately misting his tail and lightly letting him pull the end of his tail thew my finger tips . I must stress very light pressure basically a lite rub . After two or three cycles of wetting and rubbing a very small piece of shed became visible . Dont pull on it if you find this problem , I kept wet and lightly rubbing several cycles finally a very small piece of rehydrated shed was left on my fingers and his tail appeared clean and the dent in his tail tip was no longer there . So even if your sure your little guy has shed clean inspect the very tip with your fingers please . Lack of knowledge and inexperience are the biggest foes we have in our chosen pet rearing path . Soak up every thing u can about it and pass any thing on you think is important , no matter what .
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Old 04-29-15, 11:05 AM   #2
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Re: Dont let your corn lose his tail

Sorry if I posted this in the wrong forum .
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Old 04-29-15, 01:26 PM   #3
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Re: Dont let your corn lose his tail

Thanks for sharing the helpful hint pd. I'm glad your corn was ok.
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Old 04-30-15, 05:39 AM   #4
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Re: Dont let your corn lose his tail

That's called a "binding shed" awesome that you were able to realize there was a problem.
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Old 05-01-15, 07:24 PM   #5
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Now I have to go check my snek!!
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yup now im going to get my corn out and check her
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