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#195434
Amy&Isabella
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 Not your typical shed post
since i’ve had isabella she’s had a very hard time shedding. since keeping her humidity up is hard i took everyones suggestion and made a humidity hide. she’s using it and shedding bigger chunks now. but the problem is is that she can shed her belly and part of her sides well but she cant seem to shed her back. i have drift wood in there, a rock and a little tunnel that has edges (not sharp) on the inside. its almost like she doesn’t know how to get at her back, i even have the corn cob stuff in her aquarium. what should i do? this is the third shed where she hasn’t been able to get her back...
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12/07/04 4:09pm
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#195483
Roachey56
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Message To: Amy&Isabella In reference to Message Id: 195434
Not your typical shed post
Get the humidity up.Corn cob=bad Use cypress mulch. Soak her.
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12/07/04 5:49pm
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#195502
Amy&Isabella
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Message To: Roachey56 In reference to Message Id: 195483
Not your typical shed post
woah...the vet said corn cob very good and i’ve been trying to get her humidity up and i do soak her but i’m afraid of scale rot (dont ask i’m paranoid)
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12/07/04 6:06pm
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#195530
Max Krutchen
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Message To: Amy&Isabella In reference to Message Id: 195502
Not your typical shed post
Amy Get a rock and put it in her cage so she can scrape some of the scles on her back.It helped a lot with my snake. 
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12/07/04 6:35pm
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#195532
Amy&Isabella
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Message To: Max In reference to Message Id: 195530
Not your typical shed post
thats the problem she does have a rock and she does use it she just doesn’t seem to understand how to get at her back
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12/07/04 6:38pm
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#195536
Max Krutchen
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Message To: Amy&Isabella In reference to Message Id: 195532
Not your typical shed post
I don’t know but maybe you could try to help peel the skin of her back little by little but ask a vet first.
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12/07/04 6:44pm
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#195548
SCSnakeman
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Message To: Max In reference to Message Id: 195536
Not your typical shed post
Our big ball python, Montie, hardly ever sheds completely. She has problems shedding across the back so the day of or the after she sheds we take her out and mist her, which she doesn’t care for, and then we carefully peel the loose skin off. She does not seem to mind us pulling the skin off as she just lays there and lets us. She tries to move out of the way of the mist. Some of her problem come from some scar tissue on her back which was there when we got her. She was a rescue and we know very little of her past.
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12/07/04 7:09pm
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#195597
Braondt06x
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Message To: SCSnakeman In reference to Message Id: 195548
Not your typical shed post
you can also soak him/her for about 10-15 min but make sure the water stays warm and then put a towel over your hands and let your bp crawl through it and as it makes it way through gently apply pressure....i tried this on X’s last shed and it worked great...good luck
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12/07/04 8:16pm
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#195608
Roachey56
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Message To: Amy&Isabella In reference to Message Id: 195502
Not your typical shed post
scale rot will only occur if your snake doesn’t have the chance to dry off. After soaking (i recomend soaking once a week) gently rub your snake dry with a towel. Bad shed might be due to dehydration and a soak will rehydrate your snake.
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12/07/04 8:26pm
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#195616
Amy&Isabella
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Message To: Roachey56 In reference to Message Id: 195608
Not your typical shed post
alrighty thanx for your suggestions! Isabella will get a bath tonight ^_^
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12/07/04 8:41pm
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