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Posted - 10/05/2010 : 10:44:09
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Hi agen everi1 i ave a lil question, Snowy has bin sheddin since wednesday n its now monday so i was wonderin if this is a normal length of tym (cos he/she still hasnt finished sheddin) n if not can i do anythin 2 help? xxxxxxxxxx |
Snow Corn - Snowy
(These arent mine bt i had 2 include them as they r all in the house lol)
Amel Corn - Sunshine
Fire bellied toad - Todd
Fire bellied toad - Babs
Fire bellied newt - Neil
Bosc Monitor - Dipstick
Jack Russell - Gizmo
Rottweiler - Nala |
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Kellog
the nice one
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Posted - 10/05/2010 : 11:40:20
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Originally posted by Queenie90
Hi agen everi1 i ave a lil question, Snowy has bin sheddin since wednesday n its now monday so i was wonderin if this is a normal length of tym (cos he/she still hasnt finished sheddin) n if not can i do anythin 2 help? xxxxxxxxxx
Hi Cassie. Can you give us a bit more information. You say that Snowy has been shedding since Wednesday....does this mean that he/she has managed to shed some skin? If so where on the body has the shed been retained? What of the shed skin have you managed to find? Has the head been shed with the eye-caps?
The more information you can give us the better as then we can be more helpful. If he/she is shedding then it is certainly longer than expected to do it for this period of time.
Retained shed is always worrying. The first thing to do is try not to panic.
These are some things you could try -
Firstly dampen some kitchen paper or a small towel with luke warm water and let your snake wriggle through it, holding firmly so that the skin comes off. Take care as to make sure that the tip of the tail also comes off with the shed, after running through it a couple of times the skin should have come off. If so then check the head piece to make sure the eye caps have come off.
Quite often most shed can come off by themselves, another couple of days in the viv could sort it out. You could swap the usual hides for damp ones so the snake HAS to use them, then put the usual hides back in after a few days, if the retained shed has been resolved that's great, if not then the few days in the damp hides will have prepared him for a good bath.
http://www.thecornsnake.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=3699
The bath can be done in a RUB, sink, washing bowl, bath whatever is a good size. Put a digital thermometer in it to make sure that the water is between 27 and 28 degrees. It should be deep enough that its belly can touch the floor in case it wants to rest. Let it swim in it for a couple of minutes or untill the temps drop to around 22 degrees. You can run your fingers gently down your corns body when its having a bath just to make sure that the waters are really getting at the retained shed. The water should have helped to loosen and dislodge the skin. It will have no desire to be in the water, and will try to escape as much as possible, so be prepared for a fast snake as well. When you get you snake out get a dry towel and let it wriggle through it but apply a bit of pressure to it - it usually helps to encourage the retained shed come off.
To help Snowy out next time he/she sheds, once you see him/her go 'blue' (as in its eyes going cloudy and its scales dull) you can add an extra water bowl into his viv on top of the heat mat. Dont just move the original water bowl as your snake will not want to be drinking warm water. This will help raise the humidity, but will only work in wooden vivs. In faunariums there is too much ventilation so the extra humidity is lost.
I also mist my snakes' vivs once a day in the morning, nothing more than that as you dont want to cause the humidity to rise too much as this can cause respiratory infections.
Once its eyes have cleared you can add a damp hide which will also help. In a wooden viv you can put the moss in the warm hide but in a faunarium you would need to put it in both hides to help him loosen his skin.
Hope this helps in some way.
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jamie6125
Egg
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Posted - 10/05/2010 : 20:29:28
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more pics of Rex
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REX - charcoal corn
ALBIE - albino/snow corn
GIZMO - miami?
Bestie - copper/grey (escapee)
Rose - candycane
Amber- bloodred motley
MOLLY - dog
SARAH - rat
JACK AND GEORGIA - children |
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jamie6125
Egg
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Posted - 10/05/2010 : 20:30:17
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REX - charcoal corn
ALBIE - albino/snow corn
GIZMO - miami?
Bestie - copper/grey (escapee)
Rose - candycane
Amber- bloodred motley
MOLLY - dog
SARAH - rat
JACK AND GEORGIA - children |
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Kellog
the nice one
United Kingdom
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Posted - 11/05/2010 : 03:31:43
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Originally posted by jamie6125
more pics of Rex
Considering the short period of time you have had him you have already got some beautiful pics of him Jamie  !
That first pic of him on your finger shows off his colouring and his head marking beautifully. It is one of the benefits of feeding them out of the viv/faun, you get the chance to take some amazing pics like the ones you have ....and it is so nice to see Rex feeding.
Thank you.
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Posted - 11/05/2010 : 14:46:42
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| hi, Snowy has shed all of the skin on his/her head as i found all of that piece(s) plus the eye caps but it seems to have stopped cumin off about half way down his/her body. I added a piece of clean bark to his viv after tlkin 2 a friend hu knows a breeder bt this doesnt seem 2 ave helped dislodge anymore skin. he's not in a wooden viv so i cnt raise the humidity wit a 2nd water bowl bt i will try da bath thing. xxxxx |
Snow Corn - Snowy
(These arent mine bt i had 2 include them as they r all in the house lol)
Amel Corn - Sunshine
Fire bellied toad - Todd
Fire bellied toad - Babs
Fire bellied newt - Neil
Bosc Monitor - Dipstick
Jack Russell - Gizmo
Rottweiler - Nala |
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Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
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Posted - 11/05/2010 : 15:09:49
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Before putting him in a bath as this can be quite distressing try adding a damp hide. This can be done with some damp spagnum moss, and leave him be for a couple of days, this will help lossen the skin and then he can wriggle out of it.
Even if you don't have any moss i wouldn't put him in a bath yet, give him some time and he may well git it off on his own. If it hasn't come off in around 2 days then take him out and let him run through some damp kitchen paper. |
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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Kellog
the nice one
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/05/2010 : 04:32:44
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I totally agree with Danny, Cassie. A bath is really a last resort as it will be so stressful for Snowy....and you.
Try the damp hides first, you will have to add one to both ends of his faun....or just add sphagnum moss to his present hides - this way he is forced to use them and hopefully the retained shed will come off without any help from you.
If that doesnt work or you cant easily get hold of the moss then try the kitchen roll technique (I did mention it in my previous reply to you).
If, after a few days, neither the damp hides or the kitchen roll have helped get rid of the retained skin - only then resort to the bath, but please be careful and checkout what I said about it....especially the temp as you dont want to burn Snowy and what may feel warm to us is hot to a snake....but it truly is the last thing to try.
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Posted - 16/05/2010 : 17:15:53
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hi guys i havent bathed him yet as the damp hide thing seems 2 b workin although da sheddin is still goin slowly, he seems happier now more of the skin has cum off tho so im gonna leave him/her 2 it 4 a lil bit longer
thank u guys so much 4 da adivce every1 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
Snow Corn - Snowy
(These arent mine bt i had 2 include them as they r all in the house lol)
Amel Corn - Sunshine
Fire bellied toad - Todd
Fire bellied toad - Babs
Fire bellied newt - Neil
Bosc Monitor - Dipstick
Jack Russell - Gizmo
Rottweiler - Nala |
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jamie6125
Egg
United Kingdom
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Posted - 16/05/2010 : 20:34:00
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Hi guys hopre you are all well
Rex is doing great.
two things firstly, the little bugger has started burrowing under the heatmat and i literaly dont know how hes getting under there. and secondly when we feed him he seems to eat the pinkies really quickly and we can hardly see the lump now as he passes it down, does this mean hes ready to move up in food size?
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REX - charcoal corn
ALBIE - albino/snow corn
GIZMO - miami?
Bestie - copper/grey (escapee)
Rose - candycane
Amber- bloodred motley
MOLLY - dog
SARAH - rat
JACK AND GEORGIA - children |
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The Scottish Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 16/05/2010 : 20:57:39
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hi Jamie, with regard to the feeding it may be that your snake is ready to move up, but make sure you only offer food that is a maximum of 1.5 times the width of your snake at its widest point.
There are a few ways to stop your snake getting under the mat, the way I do it is by cutting a piece of lino the full size of the viv and placing that in the viv, under no circumstances tape your mat to the viv base. |
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jamie6125
Egg
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Posted - 16/05/2010 : 21:03:08
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hi thanks for the response
do you mean put the lino over the mat then the thermostat sensor on lino then substrate?
hes only just started doing it today we that he had done a runner. lol
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REX - charcoal corn
ALBIE - albino/snow corn
GIZMO - miami?
Bestie - copper/grey (escapee)
Rose - candycane
Amber- bloodred motley
MOLLY - dog
SARAH - rat
JACK AND GEORGIA - children |
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gmac
The Scottish Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 16/05/2010 : 21:06:46
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| yip thats what i do mat on the bottom, then lino then substrate with sensor, |
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jamie6125
Egg
United Kingdom
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Posted - 16/05/2010 : 21:35:42
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REX - charcoal corn
ALBIE - albino/snow corn
GIZMO - miami?
Bestie - copper/grey (escapee)
Rose - candycane
Amber- bloodred motley
MOLLY - dog
SARAH - rat
JACK AND GEORGIA - children |
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Posted - 17/05/2010 : 00:05:59
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| My 5 yr old albino has been twitching soon before and now after shedding. Does anyone know why this is? |
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Kellog
the nice one
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Posted - 17/05/2010 : 05:36:14
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Originally posted by devindl
My 5 yr old albino has been twitching soon before and now after shedding. Does anyone know why this is?
Why dont you start your own thread on the topic of your snake twitching Devin, then you should be able to get some experienced advice as to why this might be happening.
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jamie6125
Egg
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19/05/2010 : 22:25:31
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Hi guys just to let you know im a proud parent to a babt snaw/ albino corn called Albie, Albie? albino? get it? lol. I guess I am well and truely bitten by the bug.
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REX - charcoal corn
ALBIE - albino/snow corn
GIZMO - miami?
Bestie - copper/grey (escapee)
Rose - candycane
Amber- bloodred motley
MOLLY - dog
SARAH - rat
JACK AND GEORGIA - children |
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jamie6125
Egg
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19/05/2010 : 22:26:07
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REX - charcoal corn
ALBIE - albino/snow corn
GIZMO - miami?
Bestie - copper/grey (escapee)
Rose - candycane
Amber- bloodred motley
MOLLY - dog
SARAH - rat
JACK AND GEORGIA - children |
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Kellog
the nice one
United Kingdom
7308 Posts |
Posted - 21/05/2010 : 04:05:59
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Originally posted by jamie6125
Hi guys just to let you know im a proud parent to a babt snaw/ albino corn called Albie, Albie? albino? get it? lol. I guess I am well and truely bitten by the bug.
 Corn snake addict warning!!
That is great news Jamie....and a snow to join your charcoal - what a contrast in colours.
Think Albie is a great name and cant wait to see pics of it once it has settled in.
(dont apologise for your typing.....we all get what you mean and it is no wonder you got all your fingers in a mess on the keyboard - you are just so excited about your new acquisition!)
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