I agree we use a swet box for any shedding issues...soaking just wasn't really working and I can't explain why. So we take a 32 qt sterlit or rubbermaid bin, put a large beach towel in it spray it heavily with almost a bottle of warm water drop in snake close and sit it on a drug store heating pad for 2 hours. The towel holds moisture but more importantly the terry gives a rougher surface to get the shed rubbed off but gentle enough no eye damage, etc. The snakes just seem to love to burrow into teh towel and when you take them out two hours later the shed is burried down in the folds of the towel and teh snake is clean and happy.



IN extreme cases where this failed (rare) and the next shed didn't get the caps off we did worrry/do worry so we soaked a Q-Tip in warm water with mineral oil in it and then gently stroke the eye (very, very gently) in a circular motion and usually one end of teh cap comes up, I stroke long enough to get the cap soft then peel it off gently. You have to be delicate and real careful.
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Mike and David at 3-D Pythons

www.3dpythons.com

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