Shedding issues

I have a question. I don't know if you can see in the pictures, but Arrie is has only shed half way down his body. That was over a week ago. Don't snakes usually shed their skin all at once? At what point should I be concerned?
Don't be concerned that he is hanging. I had a hold of him with my other hand lol.


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You can put a humid hide in the enclosure to help with the rest of the shed. Make a humid hide by using a deli cup with lid, or cleaned out butter container with lid, etc and put damp sphagnum moss or damp paper towel in it. Also, make sure your snake has clean water at all times, and a big enough water bowl to soak in.

Edit to add: cut a hole big enough for the snake to get in and out.

Do you have a temp and humidity gauge in your tank or Viv? Most


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Originally Posted by nicolefowler2005

Do you have a temp and humidity gauge in your tank or Viv? Most


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Not yet I know I need to get one.


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Originally Posted by MysticExotics

You can put a humid hide in the enclosure to help with the rest of the shed. Make a humid hide by using a deli cup with lid, or cleaned out butter container with lid, etc and put damp sphagnum moss or damp paper towel in it. Also, make sure your snake has clean water at all times, and a big enough water bowl to soak in.

Sound great, so I put the container with a wet paper towel in the tank but it's closed. Do I have that right ? Say a clean butter dish with wet paper towels and holes in the lid. Is this to produce moisture in the viv?


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No cut a hole in it so the snake can get inside of it

You can also put the snake in a plastic shoe box with a few wet paper towels for about 5 minutes to get the shed off I have found that this works well and after you take it out let it crawl through your hands or a damp wash cloth to get the rest off
And make sure that the tip of the tail comes off if it does not try again
A stuck shed on the tip will cut off the circulation and it will fall off


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I meant to add most problems with shedding are due to lack of humidity in the tank or viv!! The humid hide is probably the best way to go but make sure you change the damp moss out like once a week or so or it can mold


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So I took a glad container poked a bunch of holes in the top and put in a few moist paper towels like Scrappyeddie77 said. I took him out every 5-10 minutes. Eventually all of his old skin came off even at the tip of his tail! Thanks for all your help everyone!


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Originally Posted by kayjaypah

Sound great, so I put the container with a wet paper towel in the tank but it's closed. Do I have that right ? Say a clean butter dish with wet paper towels and holes in the lid. Is this to produce moisture in the viv?


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Sorry, I forgot to add the part about cutting a hole for the snake. I fixed it.

Shedding issues are often due to dehydration, so you want to make sure they have clean water at all times, and a water bowl big enough for them to soak in. You can do two, one smaller to keep clean water in, and a bigger one for them to soak in.

Originally Posted by kayjaypah

So I took a glad container poked a bunch of holes in the top and put in a few moist paper towels like Scrappyeddie77 said. I took him out every 5-10 minutes. Eventually all of his old skin came off even at the tip of his tail! Thanks for all your help everyone!


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That works too! 1i'm glad it worked for you!