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#218046
Maxx
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Sheding 
i have a red tail boa the didn’t shed his i cap off. how big of a prblem will that be?
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01/10/05 1:52pm
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#218111
Carmelita
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Message To: Maxx In reference to Message Id: 218046
Sheding
It is definately not something you just want to forget about.Have you tried soaking him? 
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01/10/05 3:41pm
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#218435
Angelac
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Message To: Maxx In reference to Message Id: 218046
Sheding
What is an i cap?
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01/10/05 7:40pm
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#218487
Maxx
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Message To: Carmelita In reference to Message Id: 218111
Sheding
i have soaked him 5 times, i even tried to pull most of it off my self!!
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01/10/05 8:26pm
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#218730
Pelota
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Message To: Maxx In reference to Message Id: 218487
Sheding
DONT PULL THE SKIN OR EYE CAP OFF YOURSELF. If you try pulling an eye cap off yourself and it’s not ready to come off, it can injure or blind your snake. Keep soaking once in a while, and if it doesn’t come off itself, maybe contact a good reptile vet to get it off.
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01/11/05 3:13am
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#218794
SCSnakeman
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Message To: Angelac In reference to Message Id: 218435
Sheding
The eye cap is the piece of the snake’s skin that covers its eye. The next time yours sheds look at the head portion of the skin and you can see the eye cap right where the eye would be. Sometimes during a shed the eye caps don’t come off. I have had this happen one time with on of my ball pythons. I tried soaking it but I didn’t get it off. It came off along with the "new" one at her next shed.
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01/11/05 8:09am
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#228902
RTBOA
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Message To: Maxx In reference to Message Id: 218046
Sheding
Hey max, next time you have this problem, soak him about 5 min in really warm warm, cover the top so the heat stays in and you should be able to to take his skin right off, works perfect.
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01/22/05 10:58am
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#229679
Pelota
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Message To: RTBOA In reference to Message Id: 228902
Sheding
By really warm water, you mean room temperature right? Keep it around 80-85 degrees. You don’t want to cook your snake.
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01/23/05 1:16am
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#229916
RTBOA
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Message To: Pelota In reference to Message Id: 229679
Sheding
Luke warm water is what I ment. Yeah it does the trick!
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01/23/05 12:01pm
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