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Question about shed

Black_Shark

New member
Hey,

My corn snake just had his second shed. The first one went off without a problem, full shed and one piece. When I looked into his viv this morning I saw the shed skin but 1/4-1/5 was missing! After closer inspection I found it about an inch from the rest. The head came off fine as did the rest of the body as far as I can see. What I am concerned about is if there is some skin left on him. After picking him up and throughly inspecting him I cant find a hint of leftover shed. His entire body is shiny, wet-looking and vivid. No dull spots, etc. I'm assuming that it all came off in those two pieces but when you put it together it looks like a very litle tiny bit is missing about 1/4 of the way down from his head. Any ideas? ALso the humidity was around 59%-64% the entire time (its the humidity in my room generally.)
 
I wouldn't worry about the shed, as long as the snake looks good. Next time you could add a moist hide to be sure, but it sounds like you're doing great with him so far.
 
The missing scrap is probably stuck to something in the tank or under the substrate. They can pull the sheds about a lot as they wriggle out of it and the sheds are very moist and easily torn when fresh.

If you can't see it on him, then it probably isn't.
 
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