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03-25-13, 02:40 PM
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Re: ATB experts, please help
I would just leave them for now until you get them to the vets, then while they are already out start the cleaning. As for the stuck shed your vet may assist with that if not then see what they say to do as they sound sick and probably stressed with the move.
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03-25-13, 03:41 PM
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Re: ATB experts, please help
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Originally Posted by Mark Taylor
I would just leave them for now until you get them to the vets, then while they are already out start the cleaning. As for the stuck shed your vet may assist with that if not then see what they say to do as they sound sick and probably stressed with the move.
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Thank you! I was thinking that as well but I wasnt sure. Just looking at the cages gross me out. Poor things 
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03-27-13, 05:46 AM
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Re: ATB experts, please help
Personally i would get a little plastic really useful box, (or if you can't get them over there any plastic storage box), wedge in a branch so that it makes a perch across the middle, then fill the bottom with warm water, the perch is so they don't have to sit in it, but it will steam right up and be like a little sauna, which will help loosen the stuck skin so they can get it off. And it will be alright to do the same with the one with the ri, the higher humidity will thin out the mucas, allowing her to breath a little easier.
As for how to get them out, most atbs are bitey in the cage, but if you just go straight in and grab them don't tend to bite when out, there are exceptions mind, but if you are worried about them biting you, removing them with a hook, or long branch will be fine.
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03-27-13, 11:23 AM
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Re: ATB experts, please help
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Originally Posted by NBLADE
Personally i would get a little plastic really useful box, (or if you can't get them over there any plastic storage box), wedge in a branch so that it makes a perch across the middle, then fill the bottom with warm water, the perch is so they don't have to sit in it, but it will steam right up and be like a little sauna, which will help loosen the stuck skin so they can get it off. And it will be alright to do the same with the one with the ri, the higher humidity will thin out the mucas, allowing her to breath a little easier.
As for how to get them out, most atbs are bitey in the cage, but if you just go straight in and grab them don't tend to bite when out, there are exceptions mind, but if you are worried about them biting you, removing them with a hook, or long branch will be fine.
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Ohhh i like that idea! I was reading online and some said that using vegi oil or mineral oil works for really bad stuck shed. What are your opinions on that?
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03-28-13, 07:41 AM
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Re: ATB experts, please help
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Ohhh i like that idea! I was reading online and some said that using vegi oil or mineral oil works for really bad stuck shed. What are your opinions on that?
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I've never needed to use anything other than good old fashioned water to get off stuck sheds, i had a wc tree boa come in with 4 layers of stuck shed, put it in the rub with the water, stuck a water heater in to keep the water temps up, then left him too it for 24 hrs, then took him out put him in a nice humid viv with some pieces of bark for him to rub against and the shed just peeled off.
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03-30-13, 09:44 AM
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Re: ATB experts, please help
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Originally Posted by NBLADE
I've never needed to use anything other than good old fashioned water to get off stuck sheds, i had a wc tree boa come in with 4 layers of stuck shed, put it in the rub with the water, stuck a water heater in to keep the water temps up, then left him too it for 24 hrs, then took him out put him in a nice humid viv with some pieces of bark for him to rub against and the shed just peeled off.
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I would be scared to do that since she has a bad RI, maybe if the shed has not cleared up by the time I clear that up Ill give it a shot
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03-31-13, 07:40 AM
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Re: ATB experts, please help
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I would be scared to do that since she has a bad RI, maybe if the shed has not cleared up by the time I clear that up Ill give it a shot
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What does ri have to do with it? Raising the temperatures helps to raise a snakes immune system to help fight of ri's, and contrary to popular belief raising humidity actual helps snakes with ri's as it thins out the mucas, which allows the snake to breathe easier. So aslong as the temperature in the tub was warm enough for the night, and then the viv she went into was warm and humid, like their natural habitat anyway, there will be no issues with the ri.
Since your snake doesn't have 4 stubborn dried up layers of skin, a soak just over night would be fine to ease the skin off.
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