Oh no..shedding problem plz help:(

Nicky · 08-27-04, 10:41 AM

Today was my ball pythons 4th time shedding since i bought her ahwile back at the april expo. Well at least it would of been if she could of got it all off. She started last night so i lfet her alone eagerly awiting a new shed this morning however i'll I found was a few patches of skin

. All her other sheds were always in one piece. Its probably because her humidity has been lower than normal lately around 45% because for some reason no matter how hard I tried i couldnl;t get it any higher then that. I misted her 3 times a day and covered 1/4th of the top of her cage with cermwrap to increase humidity but still no luck.Anyways what should i do about her incomplete shed? I know shed aid works well if a bit of skin is left or for retained eyecaps but would it work for the whole shed? She hasn;t even gotten it past her eyes yet and it dosen;t even appear as if shes trying to get it off anymore just sitting in her hidebox.I tried peeling a bit off for her with no luck.
Never had this happen befor can someone please help
Kayla

BoidKeeper · 08-27-04, 10:48 AM

Line a rubbermaid with air holes with a big thick damp warm bath towel. Place the snake in the twoel and wrape it up. Put the lid on and put it back inside the cage and leave it over night. Tomorrow you'll find a clean snake and a dirty towel. Works like a charm and there is no stress from soaking, swiming in the tub or being picked at. Let the snake take it off, it's more natural.
Cheers,
Trevor

seann · 08-27-04, 10:51 AM

I have had that problem once, what i did when my ball had an incomplete shed is i took a cloth with warm water and let the lil guy crawl through it for a bit, it losend the skin, and was able to slide the remains off easily, just glide the cloth down the body with a little bit of presure the skin should peel off, and for futre sheds it helps to have a humid hide box cause they love to hide so that should help alot too. eventually the ball may get annoyed and rub the eye caps off, try the cloth and get what you can of just be careful the lil dude most likely will rub its head and get the eye caps off, but i have had awsome success with a warm cloth.

Nicky · 08-27-04, 10:57 AM

Thx I just put him in the rubbermiad now hopefully tommorow will bring good results
Kayla