"Most Corn snakes will handle a shed without any need for extra help, but if you want to assist your snake during this time you should try to raise the humidity in your Vivarium to help your snake loosen it's skin. You can do this by placing a larger water bowl in the vivarium so that your snake has the opportunity to soak itself if desired. You can also lightly mist the tank with water to help raise the humidity. Another useful tactic is to place a humidity box in the Vivarium. This can be a sandwich box with a hole cut in the top filled with damp sphagnum moss. Your Corn snake should appreciate the extra humidity and it will make the next stage in the process easier for it."
Just quoted the paragragh you need! Another thing you can do, is pick it up, get it wet and then try to remove the remaining skin slowly and carefully so that you don't hurt it. But it's better if you try the other things first, so that the snake sheds on his own.
That is to aid the snake shed not to remove retained skin.
Best thing to do is get a bit of kitchen paper and dampen it with luke warm water. put your snakes tail in the paper and apply a little bit of pressure and let your snake wriggle out. The shed should come off no problem. This is what i do with Candy as she has a bit of a kink in her tail and tends to retain shed from that point.
it may take a bit of work to get the shed off the tail.. if you try the kitchen towel method first and find it doesnt work then you could give him a quick bath to let him soak for a few mins, then let him wriggle out through a towel and it should come off then
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Thanks Kellog yes it did go well was still on the hunt looking for more.Will just have to wate for some more lol. The lenth was of becardi her/him self just out long grabed the tape so just about the 24" mark.
Becardi First shed with me.
Posted - 09/04/2010 : 12:09:43
