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[Jules90]

Hey everyone, I’m Jules, first time snake owner and this is my 2 year old Stimmy, Stella!

First 3 pics are from when I first got Stella, about 2 months ago, other 3, I’ve just taken tonight. I was told she’s fairly small for her age when I got her and her previous owner was only feeding her a fuzzy once every 2-3 weeks. I now have her eating 2 wieners, weekly and she has grown a fair bit since getting her. She eats well, seems happy and healthy.
She’s just had her first shed since I’ve had her but hasn’t shed in one piece, is this something I should be concerned about? Is there anything I can do to help her shed better?

 

[dragonlover1]

she needs more humidity or moisture, supply a bigger water bowl or feed her wet mice.
Previous owner was definitely underfeeding

 

[Jules90]

she needs more humidity or moisture, supply a bigger water bowl or feed her wet mice.
Previous owner was definitely underfeeding

I’m changing to a substrate that will provide more moisture - coco peat. Just waiting for it to dry out before putting it in the enclosure. She has a fairly large water bowl, she can fit about half her body in it, do I need to go larger again?

Yes he definitely was but she’s being fed properly now, the mice are usually still damp when I give them to her.

 

[dragonlover1]

I have a Childreni who occasionally has a bad shed so I made a snake sauna. Tub half full of damp sphagnum moss sitting on a heat mat, let him squirm around for an hour or so gets all the scraps off