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Very worried!! Snake not moving 4 days after feed!

smigon said:
Yup. All of mine have a rock, a piece of wood, and the Exo Terra hides and water dishes are slightly rough to start rubbing on. Nythain is right, even a "smooth" rock is rough enough to start the process.



Any luck today? Scarlett STILL hasn't shed yet either!
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Nanci was right, today was the day!!! I came home to a lovely pile of snake skin in the corner of the Viv. Didn't get to see the process cause I was out all night, but glad he finally shed! I'm gonna feed him and check to make sure everything came off (tail tip/eye caps) :D


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As far as I can tell it's a clean shed! Eye caps and tail tip are all in the shed skin!!!! The tip of the tail was a bit soggy which was a little gross as it wasn't near the water dish or anything... Thanks for all your help guys!!


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Yay! And yeah, a newly shed skin is like wet toilet paper, I leave them in there for a few hours to dry and then lay them on top of the viv until they are fully dry. I had a wadded one that was still wet when I tried to examine it, like I said, it was like trying to straighten out wet toilet paper. Icky.
 
smigon said:
Yay! And yeah, a newly shed skin is like wet toilet paper, I leave them in there for a few hours to dry and then lay them on top of the viv until they are fully dry. I had a wadded one that was still wet when I tried to examine it, like I said, it was like trying to straighten out wet toilet paper. Icky.
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Haha yea that's exactly what the tail was like! The rest was completely dry but the tail part was buried in the aspen so I guess it didn't get to air out. Even the dry stuff is slightly icky cause it just reminds me HIGHLY of sunburned peeling skin. Ick! I think maybe I'll start a little snake scrapbook and preserve the shed next time :) The eye caps are pretty cool, just like hard contacts!!


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He still has that same white patch on his neck though :( Maybe he got a cut and he's still shedding layers of it off? Idk if that's possible but that's what it looks like :/


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Hmm. I wonder what the patch is. Can you get a good photo of it now that he's shed? And if you think that shed is icky, just wait till he leaves you a poop burrito!!
 
Nanci said:
Hmm. I wonder what the patch is. Can you get a good photo of it now that he's shed? And if you think that shed is icky, just wait till he leaves you a poop burrito!!
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Yea I'm kinda worried about it :/ Can't really get a picture at the moment as he just ate yesterday and I don't want to be bothering him (he's hiding). I'll see if I can get a good photo tomorrow without having to pick him up or anything. He's eating normally and had a nice clean shed so I don't think he has any immediate health issues. He spends most of his time hiding but I guess that's normal for snakes?


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RedCloud said:
I think maybe I'll start a little snake scrapbook and preserve the shed next time :) The eye caps are pretty cool, just like hard contacts!!
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I kept Scarlett's first shed in my diary, but that was the first and last! And you are right about the contacts. Sometimes I can't tell if they are there or not, I take a pen and touch them to see if they are there.

And how do you know about hard contacts? I barely remember them and I am just a year or so older than you (cough cough, look around, turn and run!)!:laugh01::laugh01::laugh01::laugh01:
 
smigon said:
I kept Scarlett's first shed in my diary, but that was the first and last! And you are right about the contacts. Sometimes I can't tell if they are there or not, I take a pen and touch them to see if they are there.

And how do you know about hard contacts? I barely remember them and I am just a year or so older than you (cough cough, look around, turn and run!)!:laugh01::laugh01::laugh01::laugh01:
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That's exactly what I did! I took a pencil and poked around to make sure something was actually there lol

And haha I had to do loads of research on using contacts when I first got mine, so naturally I stumbled on hard contact tutorials. Never have I been so grateful for technology lol They're pretty harsh!


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