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Bad shedding problems

S

Serecino

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Well, little Oro's going through his first shed with me. He's gotten about 1/4 of his body off from the top of him. I have a wonderful bit of skin showing his head and some of the bottom half of him.

However, problem is the rest of him isn't shedding very well at all. It's coming off in bits and pieces. I've been afraid to feed him as well until he's shed everything off, and it's past when I normally would feed him.

I feed with the paper bag method which works really well for us, so I don't know if I really can, or heck if he'd eat.

He's really desperate to get out of his tank too and wander around, but when he slithers into my hand, he immediately wants to turn around and go back in his tank.

I've been keeping the tank temp up, and using a spritzer bottle with boiled luke warm water to keep humidity up as well. Anyone have any advice, suggestions?
 
Put him in a dixie cup filled with damp paper towels or sphagnum moss. Leave him there for a couple hours. Chances are the skin will come off on its own. If not, hold a damp cloth and let him slither through your hands. Don't go too warm, if it's warm to you it's probably a little to warm for him. Good luck.
 
yeah, if you just take a piece of paper towel, wet it a little, and let him crawl through it while applying a little pressure to his body (like letting him crawl through a tunnel), He should wriggle out of his skin in no time. Good luck!
 
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