Bad Shed Situation

[Ourobouros]

[QUOTE=Terranaut;Shed aid or shed ease is totaly not needed....ever.
Proper husbandry is the best. If that fails a warm bath with a soft cloth will work. If the shed will not come off after that go back and fix the husbandry and wait until next shed. A snake will not die from not shedding for 2 weeks. We had a member here remove 5sheds at once (if I remember correctly) from a rescued carpet. Again shed ease is a pet store ,newbie product nobody should waste there money on.[/QUOTE]

When my snake came in the mail she was starting to shed and when I used the shed aid she was done in a day. It does help but I hope to never need it again.

Now I have modified my screen top tank and my snake successfully shed last night.

I'm about getting timely results , not letting it get to 5 sheds at once.
Disagree all you want. I do what works and prefer not to allow my animals to suffer.

[Terranaut]

Originally Posted by Ourobouros

When my snake came in the mail she was starting to shed and when I used the shed aid she was done in a day. It does help but I hope to never need it again.

Now I have modified my screen top tank and my snake successfully shed last night.

I'm about getting timely results , not letting it get to 5 sheds at once.
Disagree all you want. I do what works and prefer not to allow my animals to suffer.

Honestly? Did you try water first? Oh yeah. It is the main active ingredient in that stuff. There is aloe in there too. I wonder how many snakes smear aloe on themselves when dry? Or the preservatives and crap. The funny part is the instructions say to add it to water and give a 20 min soak. Any snake will shed after a 20min soak in good old fashioned water. But hey if you want to drop cash on something that does nothing so be it. But do not come on here and advocate a product that does not work. Whats next ? Are you going to tell me how great mineral oil works at killing mites?
I also forgot to add that snakes do not enjoy having crap put all over them to look like you armoralled them.
Not knowing something is one thing but preaching false, wrong information is a bad practice. Be sure to know before you support ideas. This one being a bad idea....and us who are in the know do not let our snakes suffer...they shed without needing help in the first place.

Originally Posted by Ourobouros

Death can occur from shed issues. If the tip didn't shed or any other part it can cut off circulation.

http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/elaph...ke-tail-2.html

Never in 2 weeks. Where do you get this stuff??