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Shedding Problem

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xxFrootLoopxx

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I've had my snake for a few months now, and he's shed 3 times. This last time though, there is some skin stuck to the top of his head in the center. There's a small piece that's like glued to his head and the rest of it is like flaked up. It's a skinny strip; when I took the skin out last night, the head area of the shed was in strips and the rest of the body came off in a perfect one piece.

I was wondering if I should try something to get the skin off of his head, or if I should just leave him and trust it will come off on it's own. :shrugs:
 
Try giving him a bath in shallow lukewarm water.

At the same time, wet a paper towel (in the lukewarm water so it's not freezing cold) and pick him up with it allowing him to nudge and crawl through it.

A few minutes of that should clear up any loose bits that are still stuck to him.

:)
 
If colinmcc advice does't get it all off you can try to peel it off with tweesers, but be careful not to harm the snake.
John
 
Ricodude12 said:
If colinmcc advice does't get it all off you can try to peel it off with tweesers, but be careful not to harm the snake.
John
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No no no no no. Do not peel skin off from them. That has got to be painful. Since it's just a little bit that won't constrict anything, you can leave it on until the next shed, or you can get a warm damp papertowel and just hold him and let his head crawl through it, or simply put a warm papertowel into a little container and let him crawl around for about 30mins. That should take care of it.
 
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