Jungle carpet shedding.... HELP

sfournier · 02-18-12, 07:08 PM

I have a 4 year old, 7 foot, female jungle carpet python. Shes in a 75 gallon tank with a huge water dish. Her bedding is coconut fiber and she has drift wood along her cage. Humidity is 65-70 temp is 85.
Ive never had this problem with her before. But she went into blue about a month and a half ago and never shed. I fed her a rat last week and she took it no problem. But shes wheezing because she wont shed. Its not because of a respiratory problem! (My corn did this same thing one year, and after several vet visits we finally got her to shed a thick shed in one piece. Weird.) But anyways, I now put her in a plastic tub with air holes, a water dish and coconut fiber bedding so the humidity is really high and a heating pad under her. Is there anything else i can do to aid her? Or encourage her to shed?

Gungirl · 02-18-12, 07:13 PM

Hey.. welcome to the forum. I am glad you took the time to join after I sent my email. I am sure someone will be along soon to offer you suggestions.

Caylan · 02-18-12, 07:15 PM

Had a coastal do that once, one hour soak and she seemed to have no choice. Best of luck, Caylan.S.

Swany · 02-18-12, 07:18 PM

Hi and welcome to the madhouse ;-) Nice looking snake

Skumbo · 02-18-12, 07:18 PM

I've also heard of getting a soaked wet paper towel (warm water!) and letting the snake slither through it with you holding it around (not too tight, but enough to push the shed off)

also a soak as mentioned before could help as well

exwizard · 02-18-12, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Caylan

Had a coastal do that once, one hour soak and she seemed to have no choice. Best of luck, Caylan.S.

Just did that with Ramón my male BRB. Worked like a charm.

Rogue628 · 02-18-12, 11:40 PM

I did the same with rainbow. We got everything off except for a little tiny piece on her tail and she wouldn't allow us to touch that. lol

Trent · 02-19-12, 12:01 AM

Hi and welcome!

sfournier · 02-19-12, 07:15 AM

Thanks for the info so far guys. I have tried soaking her, but it didnt work. I dont want to keep soaking her because its not good for snakes to be soaked too much. Then they lose the natural oils they need to shed. I took her out of the plastic tub I had her in, I didnt want her to rot in there. It was pretty wet. So shes back to her tank. I did switch up her heat lamp for a heating pad to help keep the humidity.