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Bad/Incomplete Shed: What To Do

enl0001 said:
What do the eye caps look like? my snake had blue eyes for 2 days, now her eyes are clear but she hasn't shed yet. does this mean she has already shed her eye caps?
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Nope. Thats the last part to the shed process. The snake clears up, and so do the eye caps. Nothing comes off sepereatley in the shed (unless the snake had a bad shed...but thats a different topic) When the snake acctually sheds take it out and look at where they snakes eyes are, and you will see the eye caps.
 
Isis just had her first shed, and she's got a patch that didn't come off. I'll try the tub/washcloth/water treatment when I get home. Thanks for the info.
 
Being a first time snake owner and experiencing a bad shed 1.5 weeks after we got her this was a wonderful forum to join and awesome advice to receive. I tried what was suggested with the wash cloth and water and it worked perfectly!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you soooooo much!!!
 
My Aki just shed for the first time for me (her second shed ever I believe). I found both eye caps in the shed but the end looked cut off, like there wasn't a tail tip. I inspected her and there's a little bit of skin on the end of her nose, but none on her tail.

Then I found one more small piece in the tank and it's sort of triangular and the pattern changes down to the point, so I think it might be the tail tip? I don't know what a tail tip looks like when it's shed.

I don't see any pieces of it left on her, except for her nose but maybe the tail tip is hard to find if it is retained.

Please let me know. And thanks so much for all the great posts on this forum. I've learned so much here.
 
Ah, not sure what the other piece I found was from, but I finally found the length that included her tail tip, it was still in the tank. Tail tip came off fine, and the soak in the container got the rest off her nose. She looks great now!
 
Hello Nanci, I have a fairly new snake to me, but is pretty much full grown. I got him at at snake show a couple of months ago. He is a pine snake and rather large. I have had many shead problems with my corns and have used your method, the damp pillow case, and such, and they always work well. Big dog shead fairly well on his own but had some skin bunched up just past his vent hole (can't think of proper term). So we soaked him for about 15 minutes and then got him out and the bunched up skin came right off but not the rest from there all the way to his tail tip. I let that area go through a wet wash cloth about 20 times with nothing. I am wondering if he has had problems and the past owners or the ones who sold him to me never did anything about it and an old skin is stuck to him. what do you recomend I do. Won't it kill or cause the snake to lose that area if it is not removed? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
 
I'd try soaking him longer, maybe 60 minutes, and then see if you can roll the skin off the tail tip. If not, I'd keep trying, twice a day if you can, with a 60 minute soak. You can also put hand lotion on the tail tip to keep it moist. But you've got to get it off.
 
I haven't been very active around here lately, my apologies.

Aki just shed and it's all in one piece, except it is missing the top of her head and eye caps.

I looked all around the tank for that extra piece and can't seem to find it.

However, I don't see any edges of skin on the top of her head or around her eyes. Her eyes look clear, although there was a tiny dot on one of them...my husband said he thought it was just dust.

I'm going to give her a little soak every day and keep an eye on things for now...anything else I should do if I just can't tell for sure with a visual inpsection?
 
Thanks so much for this thread :) Came looking for some advice, since our Enki just doesn't like to shed cleanly...I know our house gets fairly dry in winter. We've been spraying his viv for added moisture, and he had a moist hide as soon as I noticed him in blue (he refused to go in it)

Going to try him with the container and towels today :) Hoping it will take care of the rest of his shed so I can post fresh pictures of him :D
 
have an incomplete shed as well i think
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Himself loved the bath

all came off ..par this little bulge (I did not take another pic)
 
This is some great advice. What do you recommend for a snake with a piece of shed skin on top of the head though? Like right between the eyes. We have a pretty pale snake so me and my not so great eyes missed it.
 
I would do the same thing and get his skin loosened up, and then have him crawl through a damp washcloth. Alternately, you could dab the most benign hand lotion you can find on it- like Vaseline Inensive Care or something. After a few times, see if you can rub it off with your finger, gently.
 
I see you took your snake outside. Is that a safe thing to do? Can the snake pick up mites and possibly parasites?
 
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