Stuck shed on hatchling E.o.o

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Posted by Nyx on September 05, 2001 at 02:10:06:

...that kinda says it all, doesn't it?

Well, maybe I'll flesh it out a bit. My hatchling E.o.o went blue for the first time a week or so ago; I tried to raise humidity as best I could, but it stayed around 30% the whole time, as far as I can tell...[or my hygrometer is broken...]

Now, my kingsnake sheds under these conditions [very DRY summer...rrr] perfectly every time - well, now I know that my rat snake won't. He managed to get the head off perfectly [and shreds and bits of the rest of it] but by and large, it is STUCK. I've been soaking him periodically [he HATES that....he goes ballistic...more furious at that than anything else I've had to do to him, including force-feeding and...] and I managed to get his ventral scales, down to just a couple past the vent, off with my fingernail. I figured the rest would probably scrape off as he moves around...

But the tail scales are NOT coming off, and I'm afraid of hurting him.
What should I do? Keep soaking him and hope? Take another hour to gently remove the ventral tail scales with my pinky nail?

TIA,
Nyx
[and Philip, who is starting to make me wonder...]

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Re: Stuck shed on hatchling E.o.o Dean 09/08/01 (0)
Re: Stuck shed on hatchling E.o.o GPGirl 09/05/01 (4)
- Yes...I actually AM starting to believe that he's doing this all on purpose ...there's no other explanation! n/p Nyx 09/06/01 (0)
- Re: Stuck shed on hatchling E.o.o T.C. 09/05/01 (2)
  - Re: 150% Nyx 09/06/01 (1)
    - Yeah... I exaggerated. (sorry for confusion....) np GPGirl 09/06/01 (0)
Re: Stuck shed on hatchling E.o.o mmg 09/05/01 (0)
Re: Stuck shed on hatchling E.o.o T.C. 09/05/01 (0)

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: ...that kinda says it all, doesn't it? : Well, maybe I'll flesh it out a bit. My hatchling E.o.o went blue for the first time a week or so ago; I tried to raise humidity as best I could, but it stayed around 30% the whole time, as far as I can tell...[or my hygrometer is broken...] : Now, my kingsnake sheds under these conditions [very DRY summer...rrr] perfectly every time - well, now I know that my rat snake won't. He managed to get the head off perfectly [and shreds and bits of the rest of it] but by and large, it is STUCK. I've been soaking him periodically [he HATES that....he goes ballistic...more furious at that than anything else I've had to do to him, including force-feeding and...] and I managed to get his ventral scales, down to just a couple past the vent, off with my fingernail. I figured the rest would probably scrape off as he moves around... : But the tail scales are NOT coming off, and I'm afraid of hurting him. : What should I do? Keep soaking him and hope? Take another hour to gently remove the ventral tail scales with my pinky nail? : TIA, : Nyx : [and Philip, who is starting to make me wonder...]

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