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Posted - 29/11/2010 : 15:35:40
my snake's eyes havent really changed colour but they went dull and so did her skin but now her skin is back to her normal colour but her eyes are still dull do you think she is ready to shed and how often do they shed |
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| herriotfan |
Posted - 28/01/2011 : 16:36:58
If it were my snake next time she started to dull over and her eyes went cloudy I would put her water bowl in the warm side of her viv and add a damp hide. Put some sphagnum moss in a hide and just make it damp, not soaking wet, and keep it damp until she's shed. I wouldn't mist because of the risk of RI's. That's just my personal opinion tho, some people mist without any issues.
You can see the eye caps on the shed skin, they're really easy to see. You won't miss them. If you can't see them easily then she's probably retained them but don't worry about that for now. I doubt if that will happen! 
You shouldn't have any problems if you do that. |
| Newbie 105 |
Posted - 28/01/2011 : 16:21:15
The pet shop I bought her from and yeah I will what does it look like if the eye caps are still attached to the snake ? |
| DannyBrown91 |
Posted - 28/01/2011 : 15:40:56
If this is her first shed with you then she must have had retained shed on the tail tip from previous sheds. It will heal up and in no time you won't even be able to tell. Just make sure that you check her over everytime she sheds to make sure that the tail tip and eye caps in particular have come off. |
| herriotfan |
Posted - 28/01/2011 : 15:22:29
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Originally posted by Newbie 105
That tail tip died and fell off !!! This is the first shed I've had with her and I don't want her polemic more of her a tail from some ones carelessness
Who do you think was careless?
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| DannyBrown91 |
Posted - 28/01/2011 : 14:30:42
A retained tail tip isn't necesarilly a bad shed, thats just something that can happen as the snake is getitng the last little bit of skin off and sometimes isn't helped by humidity. |
| Newbie 105 |
Posted - 28/01/2011 : 14:30:33
That tail tip died and fell off !!! This is the first shed I've had with her and I don't want her polemic more of her a tail from some ones carelessness |
| herriotfan |
Posted - 28/01/2011 : 13:41:56
Let her slither through a warm, damp towel a few times, that normally works. If not get back to us and we can advise again. |
| Newbie 105 |
Posted - 28/01/2011 : 13:26:29
She has had a bad shed she had a retained tail tip |
| DannyBrown91 |
Posted - 28/01/2011 : 12:58:43
Unless she has had a bad shed with you before, which im guessing she hasn't then i wouldn't bother raising the humidity.
Just leave her be, 90% of the time they will shed absolutely fine with no alterations. |
| Newbie 105 |
Posted - 28/01/2011 : 12:44:27
How can you help humidify the viv ? Will the ocasial small spray of water is that ok ? Or will it cause RIs ? |
| jonoandapril |
Posted - 05/01/2011 : 20:30:49
snakes tend to go off there food when they come up to sheding time so dnt worry abt that and a shed can go from a cupple days up to 2wks so just hang in there. |
| herriotfan |
Posted - 29/11/2010 : 16:06:33
It sounds like she's about to shed. Normally it's only about 2-3 days after they loose the dull look that they shed. The time between the sheds varies from snake to snake and the younger snakes shed more often. As they get older and grow less quickly they shed less often. |
| n/a |
Posted - 29/11/2010 : 15:40:25
and she is off her food |
