Canadain Eh?
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My snake (Gunther) started sheding about 4 -5 days ago. He hasn't fully shedded yet. What is the normal humidity for a cornsnake ?? Is there anything I can do to make him shed quicker?
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Humidity
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CornCrazy
What's one more???
When you say, "hasn't fully shed, yet"
What exactly do you mean? Has some of his skin come off, but not all? If so then you definitely need to increase the humidity in his tank. First, you need to soak him and help him to remove the skin. You should also give him a humid hide...a butter bowl or something with a hole put in it...fill it with damp sphagnum moss or paper towels.
What exactly do you mean? Has some of his skin come off, but not all? If so then you definitely need to increase the humidity in his tank. First, you need to soak him and help him to remove the skin. You should also give him a humid hide...a butter bowl or something with a hole put in it...fill it with damp sphagnum moss or paper towels.
QuickSilver
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I think humidity makes all the difference. I didn't know with our first corn and she shed in pieces, I tried the bath idea and she freaked out (she was pretty sure that she wasn't a water snake! ), but what worked was the wet paper towels. With our second corn, he had shed just prior to my getting him (he was a trade in and I don't think whoever had him knew what they were doing) but not the last inch of his tail and it was constricting the blood flow. It took several days of putting him in a wet paper towel lined box for hours at a time to soften those hardened scales. Happily, he's recovered full use of his tail, he curls it around my finger very nicely now to anchor himself while he is exploring.
), but what worked was the wet paper towels. With our second corn, he had shed just prior to my getting him (he was a trade in and I don't think whoever had him knew what they were doing) but not the last inch of his tail and it was constricting the blood flow. It took several days of putting him in a wet paper towel lined box for hours at a time to soften those hardened scales. Happily, he's recovered full use of his tail, he curls it around my finger very nicely now to anchor himself while he is exploring.