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 Posted - 29/11/2010 : 15:35:40
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| 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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Posted - 29/11/2010 : 15:40:25
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herriotfan
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
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Posted - 29/11/2010 : 16:06:33
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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.  |
Husband....Very Understanding!!! (Phil)
Son & Daughter (Kevin & Carol)
Granddaughter (Eva)
3.4.0 Cornsnakes Amel (Sidney) Caramel Stripe (Sultan) Amber (Cleo) Carolina (Phoebe) Anery Motley Stripe (Penny) Snow (Lily) Caramel (Holmes)
1.2.0 Royal Pythons(Peeps, Pandora & Pepsi)
1.0.0 Hognose (Hudson)
2.1.0 Dogs (Dillon, Alfie, Ellie)
0.1.0 Senegal Parrot (Peanut)
1.1.0 Bearded Dragons (Bonnie & Clyde)
1.0.0 Crested Geckos (Echo)
0.2.1 Hermanns Tortoises (Ebbie, Rosie & Twiglet)
0.1.0 Guinea Pig (Dolly-Pipsqueak)
0.1.9 Tarantulas (Poppy, Gypsy, Bumble, Insey Winsey, Sonic, Cookie, Raven, Fudge, Titch & Sox)
??? Foster animals
Location: Near Saffron Walden, Essex
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jonoandapril
Hatchling
United Kingdom
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Posted - 05/01/2011 : 20:30:49
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| 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. |
1x amel corn (tango)
1x carolina corn (pepsi)
1x carpet python (butch)
1x normal royal (rachel)
1x bumblebee royal
wishlist: abbotts okeetee female, crawl cay boa, emerald tree boa |
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Newbie 105
Hatchling
United Kingdom
134 Posts |
Posted - 28/01/2011 : 12:44:27
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| How can you help humidify the viv ? Will the ocasial small spray of water is that ok ? Or will it cause RIs ? |
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DannyBrown91
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3070 Posts |
Posted - 28/01/2011 : 12:58:43
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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. |
0.0.1 Ghost Corn - Casper
0.0.1 Diffused Corn - Reggie
0.0.1 Amel Corn - Candy A.K.A Baby
1.0 Commom BCI - Rocky
0.1 Japanese Akita - Sasha
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Newbie 105
Hatchling
United Kingdom
134 Posts |
Posted - 28/01/2011 : 13:26:29
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| She has had a bad shed she had a retained tail tip |
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herriotfan
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5853 Posts |
Posted - 28/01/2011 : 13:41:56
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| 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. |
Husband....Very Understanding!!! (Phil)
Son & Daughter (Kevin & Carol)
Granddaughter (Eva)
3.4.0 Cornsnakes Amel (Sidney) Caramel Stripe (Sultan) Amber (Cleo) Carolina (Phoebe) Anery Motley Stripe (Penny) Snow (Lily) Caramel (Holmes)
1.2.0 Royal Pythons(Peeps, Pandora & Pepsi)
1.0.0 Hognose (Hudson)
2.1.0 Dogs (Dillon, Alfie, Ellie)
0.1.0 Senegal Parrot (Peanut)
1.1.0 Bearded Dragons (Bonnie & Clyde)
1.0.0 Crested Geckos (Echo)
0.2.1 Hermanns Tortoises (Ebbie, Rosie & Twiglet)
0.1.0 Guinea Pig (Dolly-Pipsqueak)
0.1.9 Tarantulas (Poppy, Gypsy, Bumble, Insey Winsey, Sonic, Cookie, Raven, Fudge, Titch & Sox)
??? Foster animals
Location: Near Saffron Walden, Essex
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Newbie 105
Hatchling
United Kingdom
134 Posts |
Posted - 28/01/2011 : 14:30:33
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| 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 |
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DannyBrown91
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3070 Posts |
Posted - 28/01/2011 : 14:30:42
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| 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. |
0.0.1 Ghost Corn - Casper
0.0.1 Diffused Corn - Reggie
0.0.1 Amel Corn - Candy A.K.A Baby
1.0 Commom BCI - Rocky
0.1 Japanese Akita - Sasha
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herriotfan
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5853 Posts |
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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Husband....Very Understanding!!! (Phil)
Son & Daughter (Kevin & Carol)
Granddaughter (Eva)
3.4.0 Cornsnakes Amel (Sidney) Caramel Stripe (Sultan) Amber (Cleo) Carolina (Phoebe) Anery Motley Stripe (Penny) Snow (Lily) Caramel (Holmes)
1.2.0 Royal Pythons(Peeps, Pandora & Pepsi)
1.0.0 Hognose (Hudson)
2.1.0 Dogs (Dillon, Alfie, Ellie)
0.1.0 Senegal Parrot (Peanut)
1.1.0 Bearded Dragons (Bonnie & Clyde)
1.0.0 Crested Geckos (Echo)
0.2.1 Hermanns Tortoises (Ebbie, Rosie & Twiglet)
0.1.0 Guinea Pig (Dolly-Pipsqueak)
0.1.9 Tarantulas (Poppy, Gypsy, Bumble, Insey Winsey, Sonic, Cookie, Raven, Fudge, Titch & Sox)
??? Foster animals
Location: Near Saffron Walden, Essex
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DannyBrown91
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3070 Posts |
Posted - 28/01/2011 : 15:40:56
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| 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. |
0.0.1 Ghost Corn - Casper
0.0.1 Diffused Corn - Reggie
0.0.1 Amel Corn - Candy A.K.A Baby
1.0 Commom BCI - Rocky
0.1 Japanese Akita - Sasha
Location: Liverpool |
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Newbie 105
Hatchling
United Kingdom
134 Posts |
Posted - 28/01/2011 : 16:21:15
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| 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 ? |
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herriotfan
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5853 Posts |
Posted - 28/01/2011 : 16:36:58
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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. |
Husband....Very Understanding!!! (Phil)
Son & Daughter (Kevin & Carol)
Granddaughter (Eva)
3.4.0 Cornsnakes Amel (Sidney) Caramel Stripe (Sultan) Amber (Cleo) Carolina (Phoebe) Anery Motley Stripe (Penny) Snow (Lily) Caramel (Holmes)
1.2.0 Royal Pythons(Peeps, Pandora & Pepsi)
1.0.0 Hognose (Hudson)
2.1.0 Dogs (Dillon, Alfie, Ellie)
0.1.0 Senegal Parrot (Peanut)
1.1.0 Bearded Dragons (Bonnie & Clyde)
1.0.0 Crested Geckos (Echo)
0.2.1 Hermanns Tortoises (Ebbie, Rosie & Twiglet)
0.1.0 Guinea Pig (Dolly-Pipsqueak)
0.1.9 Tarantulas (Poppy, Gypsy, Bumble, Insey Winsey, Sonic, Cookie, Raven, Fudge, Titch & Sox)
??? Foster animals
Location: Near Saffron Walden, Essex
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Edited by - herriotfan on 28/01/2011 16:38:01 |
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