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another bad shed!?

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siliconslik

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well, in the last three sheds, my corn has had two bad sheds. the first one was an error on my behalf as i did not recognize that he was going to shed and i did not put in a moist hide. any way this last shed i had a moist hide that he had been using for about 5 days since i had noticed that he was going to shed. the problem was that on the sixth day, i had to go out of town and the moist hide dried up. of course with my luck he shed that night which reulted in a bad shed. is this really bad for the snake? i dont want to do any harm to my little guy.
 
What do you call a bad shed? If he shed in 2-3 peices but it all comes off then its not a bad shed, just 1 that come's off in peices. If on the other hand, their is a lot of stuck shed that he can't get rid off, then thats what i call a bad shed and he is eather dehidrated, or the humiditdity is next to non exsistant, but as you use a moist hide i wouldn't think that to be the case here......
 
Do you know how much humidity is in your cage?

A lot of times, some corns do not use the moist hide. Mine never used them. You might want to go another route. I personally, spray the snakes down a couple of times while they are in their blue phase. My house is kinda dry and I also have a red light above all my vivs which takes the humidity away as well. 9 times out of 10, I will have a one piece shed or at the very least they shed in two seperate pieces.
 
Soaking

My corn once could not get its old skin off whick was abnormal, considering she always sheds perfectly. So i just soked her in a bowl for like 15 min and it slipped off, I have also let it sleep in a seperate container with a wet newspaper/papertowle so it can get moist and rub the skin off over the night.

I was wondering if you manualy removed the eye caps or if you let your snake get them off its self? I personaly am afraid i will hurt her eyes if i remove them manualy. :cry:
 
i say it was a bad shed becasue it came off in pieces. there was one small piece still stuck on his back but that came off pretty easily. he does use his moist box when he is about to shed...actually that is pretty much all he does 24 hours a day for a few days. i guess it just got too dry for one night becasue he usually sheds in one piece.
 
As long as it is completely off you're OK

This is the time of year when humidity tends to be lowest, especially if your home's heater has been running. Before too long, you'll start finding yourself paying attention to the local weather forecast. ;)
 
howiet4702 said:
Do you know how much humidity is in your cage?

A lot of times, some corns do not use the moist hide. Mine never used them. You might want to go another route. I personally, spray the snakes down a couple of times while they are in their blue phase. My house is kinda dry and I also have a red light above all my vivs which takes the humidity away as well. 9 times out of 10, I will have a one piece shed or at the very least they shed in two seperate pieces.
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My reply would have sounded quite a bit like this...
I always spray, if I even notice they are in blue...and never put in a humid hide...and rarely have a problem with sheds...in the winter, due to the decreased ambient humidity, I am much more vigilant...in the summer they all pretty much shed on their own with no problems.
 
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