Got my corn sexed today, and...

[Nanci]

In the future, if the soaking/washcloth treatment hadn't worked, I would just soak longer, and repeat until you were successful. I, too, would have waited until the snake had finished digesting- 48 hours, before attempting a removal, because a regurge is more dangerous than a potential lost tail tip.

What works really well for me is misting the viv a couple times when the snake is blue, especially toward the end of the cycle, and putting a piece of plastic wrap loosely on the screen top to hold the humidity in.

 

[ForkedTung]

I am learning alot from this thread.

So, when I was on the BP site, they told me I could only use super hot water to mist or shower my snakes. If what you're saying is true, I probably scalded my snakes atleast once a week!

Their rationalizing was that by the time the mist hit the snake, it was cold, and that if you used lukewarm water it would be freezing. :shrugs:

Now I feel like dirt.

Hmmm... I'm not sure why you would want to mist your snakes to begin with? I mist the enclosure or if I want the snakes skin to be wet I give it a bath or use a wet wash rag ( both the correct temp to begin with) again with purposefully misting the actual snake there is a better potential for aspiration! some snakes may need higher humidity, but I doubt any need bursts of 100% humidity directly into their lung? I don't honestly know for sure though?

 

[hiddenhollowherp]

Hmmm... I'm not sure why you would want to mist your snakes to begin with? I mist the enclosure or if I want the snakes skin to be wet I give it a bath or use a wet wash rag ( both the correct temp to begin with) again with purposefully misting the actual snake there is a better potential for aspiration! some snakes may need higher humidity, but I doubt any need bursts of 100% humidity directly into their lung? I don't honestly know for sure though?

Kyle, I misted them when they were shedding or unusually dry. BPs like a higher temperature than corns do. I'd also never heard that breathing in water vapor was harmful, but I guess when you think about it, water of any kind doesn't belong in the lungs. :nope:

The reason I did not use bathing or a damp rag is that these snakes were pretty antisocial. I don't think there was a single one that didn't bite me or try to bite me in the time I had them.

Thank God I don't directly mist my corns.

 

[ForkedTung]

OK Gotcha that makes sense.

Kyle, I misted them when they were shedding or unusually dry. BPs like a higher temperature than corns do. I'd also never heard that breathing in water vapor was harmful, but I guess when you think about it, water of any kind doesn't belong in the lungs. :nope:

The reason I did not use bathing or a damp rag is that these snakes were pretty antisocial. I don't think there was a single one that didn't bite me or try to bite me in the time I had them.

Thank God I don't directly mist my corns.

 

[danielle]

One trick a friend taught me is to cut a piece of cardboard or something sturdy to the size of your screened top and wrap the cardboard in plastic wrap. When the snake is in blue cover the screen with the cardboard plasticwrap and your humidity instantly goes up and holds better. I also use a hide with damp spagnum moss and have wood for the snake to crawl over to assist the shed. Most shedding animals need something a little rough, but not jagged to sloth the skin off especially when humidity is questionable as it is in the winter.