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10-May-08, 09:54 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: HAPPYROCK QLD Gender:  | | |
My spotted python has just had a shed today but she has still got a large section of about 10cm of old skin on her. apart from the last 2 sheds, she usually sheds clean in one piece but she has missed a full section this time that is right the way around her body like a sock. her last shed was also messy but she got it all off. I have tried the water mist and the shed help spray with a gentle rub but the skin seems to be very attached I don't want to damage the scales underneath by pulling it off. The rest that she has gotten off is in small pieces like a bluey shed, other then the dry winter air what could be causing this, she hates going in the water. She sheds every 50 to 60 days and she is over 1mt long.
Any other ideas to get it off?
dose it hurt to leave it there?
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10-May-08, 09:59 PM
|  | Reptiles Galore Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Redcliffe, Queensland Age/Gender: 18  | | | | When my female Stimson Python last shed, she did a really bad job at it - The end result was 5 parts of her shed still attached to her.
What I did was,
Get a towel and soak it in luke warm water, then hold the snake in the towel and let him/her move around this will help soften the skin, plus her moving will rub it off - That generally works. I also got a large click clack and placed the towel in there and she was searching around and was rubbing the skin off without even knowing.
The end result all of the skin was off, bar for one section that was left on her head. I was holding her trying to help rub it off with the towel, however that didn't work. There looked to be a dot that was just sitting on her, so I touched it to remove it and the dot of shed stuck to my finger and she moved her head back which caused the rest of the left over shed to come off.
As to what would cause the bad shed, would depend on a couple of things.
1. What is the temperature of the snakes enclosure (hot and cool end)
2. What are the humidity levels in the enclosure?
3. I have read that when a snake has mites, it can cause shedding problems.
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1 - Yearling Male Morelia spilota (Zorro)
2 - Yearling Morelia bredli (George and Martha)
2 - Adult Antaresia stimsoni (Zoe and Zac)
2 - Juvenile Aspidites ramsayi (Rick N Donna)
2 - Hatchling Morelia Spilota Cheynei (Tarzan and Jane)
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10-May-08, 10:05 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: HAPPYROCK QLD Gender: | | | | thanks Chris, I will try the towel, she was rubbing herself on my hands and arms before so a towel might just be enough extra friction to get it moving.
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10-May-08, 10:06 PM
| | Reptiles Galore Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Redcliffe, Queensland Age/Gender: 18 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by TRIMACO  thanks Chris, I will try the towel, she was rubbing herself on my hands and arms before so a towel might just be enough extra friction to get it moving. | Make sure that the towel is damp with warm water, this will help soften the skin and her moving around will remove it 
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1 - Yearling Male Morelia spilota (Zorro)
2 - Yearling Morelia bredli (George and Martha)
2 - Adult Antaresia stimsoni (Zoe and Zac)
2 - Juvenile Aspidites ramsayi (Rick N Donna)
2 - Hatchling Morelia Spilota Cheynei (Tarzan and Jane)
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10-May-08, 10:08 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Sep-07 Location: S.A. Gender: | | | Our jungle Angel didn't shed properly this time. She is a savage lil so-&-so. We used warm water in a spray bottle and a pair of suede gloves, which quickly got wet. She actually seemed to enjoy it. We gently let her sit [ ? ] on the table as I sprayed her my O/h ran his gloved hand down her body. Surprisingly she didn't move! Just let us do it. The skin rolled off like a sock! Mind you, when we finished, she went back to biting us!!
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10-May-08, 10:15 PM
|  | Herpawhat? Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-07 Location: sydney, in Da Ghetto Age/Gender: 26 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by kakariki Our jungle Angel didn't shed properly this time. She is a savage lil so-&-so. We used warm water in a spray bottle and a pair of suede gloves, which quickly got wet. She actually seemed to enjoy it. We gently let her sit [ ? ] on the table as I sprayed her my O/h ran his gloved hand down her body. Surprisingly she didn't move! Just let us do it. The skin rolled off like a sock! Mind you, when we finished, she went back to biting us!! | oh.. so nice of her to thank you like that 
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10-May-08, 10:17 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: HAPPYROCK QLD Gender: | | | | my girl is a big pussy cat and had no problems with my hands infact she didn't even care that I was holding her but my hands were bare so I think merteral will do the trick. How long can the skin stay on them and still be OK, I don't want to stress her out to much, she started sheding early this morning and she is usualy done in a hour so this is a long hard day for the girl. should I leave her rest over night and try again tomorrow, she dosn't seen to be to bothered by the skin.
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10-May-08, 10:20 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: HAPPYROCK QLD Gender: | | | | Is the cold weather causing the shed problems or is this normal, we have had her for 2 years now and until the last 2 sheds she has been perfect.
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10-May-08, 10:41 PM
|  | Regular Member | | | | | a warm bath..and let her slide threw yr hands.. |
10-May-08, 10:47 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Alice Springs Gender: | | | As it gets cooler, it usually gets less humid. That's why we suffer from dry skin during the winter. I have had Stimsons that had shedding problems during the winter (I live in Alice Springs and we get single digit humidity during the winter). I've eliminated the problem by putting a container of water near their heat source. Beautiful clean sheds for the last 4 or 5 years now I'm only talking from an Alice Spring's perspective, this might not work as well where it's naturally more humid.
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10-May-08, 10:51 PM
|  | Regular Member | | | | | hi my stimsons just had a bad shed not to worry, put urs in the sink in lukewarm water, for 10 mins or so just watchin her so she doesnt escape, and the skin will come rite off when you slidd her trough your hands, also in future make sure the humidity level is a little higher than usuallso the shed will be good
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11-May-08, 11:14 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: typical melbourne Gender: | | | | try placing a warm damp tea towel into a pillow case and tie it up and place on floor and as she moves around the shed should come of pretty easy |
12-May-08, 06:15 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: HAPPYROCK QLD Gender: | | | | thanks guys, I used the warm wet towel and it worked fine. She hates water, she won't go in a tub of water and hates to be misted with water, anyone would think I was using acid insted of water the way she jump and carries on when I try to wet her!!! All is well now, she is back to her beautiful self.
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