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jfmoore
at Sat Feb 11 23:16:37 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by jfmoore ]
The only time I have seen something like you're describing happened when a snake's skin was manually removed before it naturally would have occurred.
In one instance, I was moving a heavy Burmese python when it was at least a week away from shedding and a large patch of the shed detached. A weepy area resulted, but it healed up well with the next shed.
In another instance, I restrained a small albino corn snake for probing without realizing it was opaque and some of the shed came off. Unfortunately, the person I was giving it to called to report the next day that the snake was dead. I'll never be sure, but I suspect he must have removed the entire shed prematurely.
You say this has happened to two snakes at the same time? Is it possible something like the circumstances I described above happened?
-Joan
>>We have two ball pythons that recently sloughed and their remaining skin has a slimy/sticky texture. I saw this before a couple of years ago, but don't remember what its owner did. Any advice would be helpful.
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RE: "Slimy" Ball Python - jfmoore, Sat Feb 11 23:16:37 2006