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07-28-2006, 02:26 AM
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My snack Tigger is doing something funny. Her belly is shedding or something. It is like each scale is not really comeing off but shedding. What could be wrong.
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07-28-2006, 02:41 AM
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We need more info...
Type of animal, age, enclosure type, temps, humidity, heating element type, etc....
Also pics are a really good way to get across what you are trying to find out about....
Let us help you help your animal, we just need more info.
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07-28-2006, 02:48 AM
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Need photos and a MUCH more detailed description.
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07-28-2006, 02:59 AM
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sorry, i am useto talking to my friend heidi and not posting things.
ok tigger is around about 1 year old ball python. her humidity when she is not shedding is around 60. her temps cool side is in the 70s /hot side is in the 80s. i have her in a fish tank heated with a heating pad. i dont have any pic. right now but i will try to get some.
sorry about that. thanks for your help.
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07-28-2006, 03:03 AM
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What we need to determine for you is whether it's partial shed coming off (belly is shedding but the sides and back are not) or if your snake has scale rot or a thermal burn or something. Is the skin that's coming off clear like plastic wrap or are chunks of brown flesh falling off and oozing goo coming out of your snake? That's what they mean by more details.
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07-28-2006, 03:17 AM
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her scales are clear. its not scale rot i know that but her belly looks normal but the top layer of each scale is coming off. no goo or any thing. i tryed to get pic. but it wont show up in the pic.
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07-28-2006, 03:29 AM
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She's having a bad shed. She needs more humidity in her enclosure. Cover most of the screen top with plastic and mist her cage daily. For now though, to fix this, take a shoebox sized plastic container with a tight fitting secure lid. Drill, burn or poke some air holes in it. Put enough water to cover up to about 2/3 her side but not so much she has to swim. Wad some paper towel so she has something to cling to. Put her in it to soak and set the whole thing in her cage half on and half off the heat pad area. Leave her there over night. Check in the morning to see if the rest of her shed has started coming off. If it hasn't, continue soaking for up to 3 days. It sounds like a really long time to soak but it isn't and it's not uncommon for them to do it on their own sometimes anyway. These 20 minute soaks people speak of are insanely usless usually. Snake skin is made of keratin like your hair and nails. It is water tight and they do not waterlog like our skin does. She will be fine, I promise but you have to get that shed off. If there is still some shed on her after a couple of days of soaking, let her crawl through a damp towel and gently rub her down towards the tail...rub, don't pull. All too often, people try to pull off stuck shed that didn't get any moisture under it and end off pulling off new skin. Sometimes all the way to the bone...especially sensitive is around the tail.
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07-28-2006, 03:32 AM
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I guess I should also mention that she may have shed the top part last time and it's the belly scales that are just now coming off which would mean that the upper part doesn't need to shed right now...hard to tell without seeing the snake. A good long soak should tell you lots soon enough though.
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07-28-2006, 03:40 AM
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thank you very much i will try it. you have been very help full.
p.s.cool name julius squeezer
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