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Corny73

Corny73

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I have a normal corn that is about 6 months old. I recently looked very close at her tail and noticed that a very small about 1.5-2mm section of her tail had not come off durring shedding over the last 2 sheddings. It was smaller than the rest of her body and the skin was still there. I soaked it in water for about 5 minutes and then attempted to slowly work the skin off with a towel. When i looked down into the towel the small peice of tail had come off. She showed no sign of pain and there was no bleeding whatsoever. Is there anything i should do now or just leave it be. thanks!
 
Just leave it be. It does happen some times. The leftover skin acts like a turnicate and eventually the tip of the tail will die and fall off.

I had the same thing happen to one of my 02 snow females. I pay really close attention to sheds now. I always check and make sure the eyecaps and the tip of the tail shed.

Quigs
 
i totally agree with quigs, one of my new arrivals is about to lose her tail tip i think as it wasnt noticed over a couple of sheds by the previous owner and about a 1cm is dying off. dont worry!!
 
I think Kathy Love talks about it in 'the bible' (the corn snake manual), and says that it dosn't make any difference besides looking a bit strange. It's when skin sticks on other parts of the body that problems arise.
 
It does make one slight difference in my opinion which is this:

since the end has fallen off, the new end ends a little bit more abruptly than before and may not be the smooth taper that nature designed. This has an impact on future sheds as they might now get caught more easily than they would on a "normal" tail end. I have one snake with a tail tip loss and I always have to check him extra carefully after a shed to make sure the situation doesn't happen again.

Other than that, there is no harm done.
 
Wow, this makes me think of the delicacy wjhen a Tarantula or Scorpion sheds, of course a snake I wouldn't think has the risk of dying by getting caught inside the old skin as the new exoskeleton hardens like arachnids do.
 
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