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What would you have done

corn2012

corn2012

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Last week we ended up being very busy, and didn't get a chance to hold the snake even once. I noticed that she wasn't coming out during the night, but sometimes she waits till we all go to bed. Than, I totally forgot to take a pinkie out the night before her feeding day, so I delayed her one day. (She eats better if I thaw the pinkie over night vs doing it in warm water)
When I fed her the next day she ate better than ever. Maga fast!! Than later that day I was walking past her tank and saw a shed skin!! So she went in blue and I didn't even notice. I took the shed out and it was split right down the middle of the belly side. I assumed because she ate. But also noticed there was no tail piece to it. I lifted her hide and it was still on her.
Here is were I had no clue what to do.
A- moist hide??? She does not move for a few days after eating
B- leave her alone??? What happens if the skin stays on? And it was long enough to cover her and make it hard to poo
C- let her move through damp cloth? But risk her losing her meal
I choice the last one. I had never had a bad shed with her and was worried. Completely panicked, I'm silly that way. I got a damp cloth and had her go through it. After two times the tail bit came off. This was two days ago, and there has also been no regurgitation. So I was lucky!
What should I have done? I now know I need to keep it more humid in there for her, as our winters are very dry here.
 
I would have left her alone.
I have never had a stuck shed since I started keeping corns in 1995.
Ball pythons are another story though.
 
Yeah, I think I would have waited too, added a moist hide at most. Once in a blue moon I have a baby get a tail tip stuck, but if it doesn't come off in 48 hours, you can always get it off then w/o fear of a regurge.
 
I would of waited a couple of days for her to digest, and then done the damp cloth if she hadn't dropped the rest of the shed by then. 48 hours or so wouldn't have made much difference with the shed but would have prevented the regurge risk.
 
Thanks! If it happens again, I will just leave her alone. I feel extremely lucky that she didn't regurge.
Hopefully, with me trying to keep it a little more humid in there we won't have the issue again anyways
 



I use a Playtex feminine wipe box, it has soft rubber around entrance and its lower profile than baby wipe boxes.

My humidity is on the low end as well because of winter.
I spray a few times a day.
 
It really depends on your snake as well and how comfortable they are with being handled after feeding. My snakes act like nothing's changed after feeding, sometimes becoming even more active, trying to crawl onto my arms whenever I open the viv to change the water or spot clean. They seem to have no trouble at all with handling after being fed (although I am very careful with it, of course). It sounds like your snake prefers some calm after feeding though if it doesn't leave the hide for a few days.

I'd wait a few more days the next time like everyone else already suggested, but if the snake is fine with handling the risk probably wasn't too great :)

Glad you got the tail piece off in the end!
 
I would of given a little misting to her enclosure to raise the humidity and seen if that helped. If not, then would of waited a couple days and done the damp cloth thing.
 
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