Bad shedding on winter

[mkrma]

Just found out my 2 snakes have bad shedding today,never happen before.
I've check thermostat on 32-33 c as usuall.
Anyone have same problem?

 

[Flaviemys purvisi]

My spotted shed on the 14th. Was perfect.

 

[Bl69aze]

with the cold temps coming around, the humidity tends to drop.

 

[Kirk1701]

My spotted had a bad shed over the weekend, I didn't notice he was going into shed so didn't make him a humid hide like I normally do. Once I noticed I put some damp paper towel in his warm hide and the rest of the shed came off in a single piece.

 

[Mick666]

I give my snakes large water bowls that they can soak in, and never had any shedding problems. I also live on the coast in north QLD, so humidity is probably not an issue here anyway.

 

[Pauls_Pythons]

While humidity can be an influencing factor the most common cause of bad sheds is a lack of hydration.
As we generally feed frozen thawed the food items tend to lose some of their moisture content and as such I have found the better solution is to feed them 'wet' food.