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Refusal to shed?

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noobie

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One of my snakes just seems to be refusing to shed his eyes came out of grey stage 3-4 days ago and now he looks like a sultana/raisin its obvious it needs to come off but he has made no attempt to shed ive tried everything soaking, raising the humidity putting a humidity hide in, he just doesn't seem to want to do anything. Anyone ever come across this and have a solution i'm getting worried now.
He did eat the day before he went into this horrible wrinkled mess so could that be the reason he's just full? But the way he looks is just awful.
 
Does he have something rough to rub on to get the shed started? I bet he just needs another day or so.

Nanci

PS, my kingsnake just took 11 days to shed after he went blue...
 
I agree. Wait another day or so to see if he sheds. If you keep the humidity up and a humid hide in there, he'll get the job done when he's ready.
 
If its in pieces, then the humidity wasn't high enough. How are you measuring it? If you notice that humidty is often low, placing the humid hide in the tank when the snake is in blue should ensure a whole.nearly whole shed.

Have you ever needed to remove pieces of shed that have not come off?
 
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