Big old CCP bad shed

[animal805]

I have a 10 year old CCP and always sheds full skins no dramas, but today, which in itself is unusual as he normally sheds over night, he has had a shocker With the aid of a warm bath we hve managed to get the retained skin off his body and tail but he still has an eye cap and some patchy skin on his head. I am unsure of what to do next as far as the eye cap etc, should we try to remove it gently, leave him to his own devices for a while longer or what? He appears to be tired and worn out from all the rubbing.

Any one please

 

[sacred_DUC]

any loose shed just give it a rub sometime just will peel off, not sure about eye though but i have scrub that will have a bad shed every now and then and most time it falls off with a rough rub

 

[notechistiger]

Don't ever leave eye caps or tail tips on and hope for the best. They need to be removed asap.

 

[tommy123]

Eye cap warm water and a bit of masking tape ove its eye gentle peel it of slowly should come of.

 

[CrystalMoon]

I agree about not leaving the eyecap on..... I had one of my regular good shedder's have a wicked nasty shed recently, I put it down to not as much humidity in the air(being winter) and the the fact he is not drinking as much as usual(winter too I think)I have been giving him rats quickly dunked in warm water(thawed frozen of course lol) and making sure there is a water bowl on his heat tile too. He has since been shedding well again. What I am doing may have no bearing at all? however he is not retaining any part of his sheds now and that is the main thing

 

[FAY]

I hold the head and GENTLY, with a cotton bud just keep dipping it in tepid water and go back towards the neck. Can take a while. just keep doing it and it eventually comes off. Key here is to do it very GENTLY. NEVER just pull the eye cap off.

 

[animal805]

Thank you all for your help, when I checked on him late this arvo he had gone in to his log but I did find an eye cap/scale on his log. Will check on him in the AM when he is out for his morning bask.

 

[ArgentinoAussie]

Hey, hope u got the excess skin off him/her, I also had a scrub python have a shed that was less than ideal recently........it's a winter thing. Warm water and wash cloth got the job done. Ciao.

 

[Schnecke]

Moose had a bad shed once and to remove all of his head shed and check for eye caps I gently (while panicking) held his head (while he wrapped around my arm and pee'd on me) and used a wet facewasher to gently drag over his head (I was afraid to use more pressure to rub as he was only about 8 months old at the time and I didn't want to hurt him) and that did the trick!

Though FOR SURE that he's bite me when I let his head go but he was quite calm once he figured out that I was not going to hurt him.

For a larger, stronger snake, I would get 1-2 wet towels and pop them into a tub with the Coastal and pop a lid on, wriggling around in that should loosen any retained shed I'd think.

 

[animal805]

He is a big strong boy, but as gentle as a lamb, has not bitten anyone for 8 years and he gets handled all the time. Finding a tub big enough will be hard, lol, but great idea.

 

[dragonlover1]

hope it all works out well for you Andy