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The Shed Thread

Hi Nicole. My crazy little girl Cleo shed yesterday. The humidity was 45% and the shed was complete. Why do I call her crazy? She only went into her moist hide after she shed and then she sat there all day until I got her out to feed her. BTW, I never saw her in blue or just couldn't tell from her little butter motley body and red eyes. She shed 10 days after going into complete hiding with no nightly antics. During home heating season there is no harm in providing a moist hide 24/7.
 
By "successful shed" they probably mean a shed that comes off all at once. Corns start to shed from inside their mouths. If a shed includes the whole head, eye caps, all the way down to the tip of the tail, it's a perfect shed.

You'll know if it's not a full shed because you'll see bits of shed connected to the snake. If something like this happens take a damp paper towel and let the snake slither through it, giving a firm (yet gentle) grip.

Check the tip of the tail when your snake is fresh shed. It can be easy to miss, but if an incomplete shed sticks onto your snake's tail the tip can loose circulation and fall off.
 
Jessicat said:
By "successful shed" they probably mean a shed that comes off all at once. Corns start to shed from inside their mouths. If a shed includes the whole head, eye caps, all the way down to the tip of the tail, it's a perfect shed.

You'll know if it's not a full shed because you'll see bits of shed connected to the snake. If something like this happens take a damp paper towel and let the snake slither through it, giving a firm (yet gentle) grip.

Check the tip of the tail when your snake is fresh shed. It can be easy to miss, but if an incomplete shed sticks onto your snake's tail the tip can loose circulation and fall off.
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I've had 2 incomplete sheds (first sheds with me, 2 different snakes) and the only way I knew was by examining the shed itself and seeing the tail was missing. Only after that did a careful examination of the snake reveal the stuck tail shed.

My one snake went into the moist hide on its own and when it came out the tail piece was in the moss. The other required about 15 minutes in damp paper towels and then slithering through a damp paper towel did the trick.

It is important when putting your snake in any damp material that they have air and the ability to get their heads out to breathe if need be. I've read stories of people leaving their larger snakes in damp pillow cases, not monitoring their snakes, and killing their snakes. In my opinion, snakes should be attended during the entire stuck shed removal process.

P.S. This is intended to expand on, not to contradict Jessicat, and one more thing, never pull off stuck shed. It should slide or roll off easily once softened.
 
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Snoodle's first shed was stuck on her tail tip, and since then, I've been lining her hides with damp paper towels and sphagnum moss when her scales start to feel a little rough. Works like a charm and she's usually shed less than a week later.
 
I put some damp miss in a couple hides in Bella's cage and she is lying right on top of it most the time but is there any other way to add humidity because I have to use both a uth and lamp to keep her tank at temp because well i have a wood stove and the warmth doesn't travel well but anyway the lamp dries up the moss really quick!! It amazes me how lazy my little girl has been since going into blue!! She is usually on the go from 6:00 pm on but lately she just hides 24-7


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I can't seem to find the thread, but I saw a DIY the other day of making a hide with a Tupperware with a hole just big enough to climb in on the side. It'll dry slower since the water has no where to go but to condense on the lid.

On second though, I might have seen it on Tumblr...
 
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This is the kind of Ziploc container I use for young snakes. Cut a hole at least 2x the diameter of the snake. Sand the edges of the hole. Thoroughly wet and then squeeze out sphagnum moss in your hand. Put moss loosely in moist hide. When it gets dry, I rinse and squeeze it out again. It should be changed periodically, but doesn't need to be thrown out each time you wet it. I use the undyed ZooMed moss.

This is the exact hide Cleo used after she shed.
 
Have you ever seen or tried those humidity caves they sell? That Tupperware container is what I will do for sure but I was just wondering


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Tango appears to have cleared up this morning, looking quite a bit more red than pink, giving me an opportunity to take some photos of the white scale tipping I was talking about previously. One of these days I'll get a nice camera, but for now my phone will have to do.

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Based on previous sheds, I expect him to shed before the weekend, likely this evening.
 
I know this is a weird request but is there any way you could take a picture of your snakes next poo and send it to me so I could see what I'm looking for?


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Dry...oddly enough, yes. Wet, no. I've yet to find a fresh poo from my hatchling.

(e) Terrible slightly drunk photo of the poo I just found: http://imgur.com/W1xY3YI If you've ever had birds, it's kinda like bird poo but smells 20x worse.
 
Gonna contribute with yet another amel. Naga shed this weekend but I had to wait for post-shed pics because I fed him.

This is him pretty deep blue.
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And this is just a few minutes ago.
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An Exo terra small snake cave, without the lid to take the pic. It's pretty useful as humid hide and comes with a small bag of sphagnum moss.
Note they have discontinued the product because the lid sometimes fell over the snake and trapped it, but they have made a new model, in which the lid goes down to the base. Can find it here: http://www.exo-terra.com/en/products/snake_cave.php
 
Dragonling said:
Tango appears to have cleared up this morning, looking quite a bit more red than pink, giving me an opportunity to take some photos of the white scale tipping I was talking about previously. One of these days I'll get a nice camera, but for now my phone will have to do.

Based on previous sheds, I expect him to shed before the weekend, likely this evening.
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Very cool pictures!

This thread has been so informative!
 
I'm glad! I love the pictures and new information. I had hoped this thread would help people to see pictures of what they're looking for. It seems to be doing its job lol keep'em coming!
 
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