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Originally Posted by Ragnar
So he's starting his shed now but it's nothing like I expected. I've always found whole skins that were shed off in one big piece out in the wild but Ragnar is shedding little parts at a time. It's a mess to clean up and there's still patches of unshed skin on him. I let him soak in a luke warm bath today for about 8 mins to loosen up the rest of the shed. He keeps dragging his eyes on the wood logs in his cage because I think there's still skin caps over them. Hopefully the soak will work and he starts to learn how to shed properly!
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Does he have the humid hide Jlassiter recommended? It's my understanding that snakes with access to one rarely ever have shedding issues. Soaking in water may help, but keep in mind in the wild snakes usually shed fine whether they have access to bodies of water or not, as they are able to simply go to wherever the humidity is right.
Illness can also cause a snake to shed improperly, so you may want to watch for anything else unusual.
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