Since you leave your snake alone for 2 days after feeding you will not have a problem since the smell will be gone by the time you handle them. You have a low humidity problem and that is why you have the bad sheds. Raise the humidity and you won't need any thing else to improve the shedding problems. Make sure the humidiity goest up to 60% two or three times a day. Het a humidity meter to be sure.

Caden

>>lol...okay...
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>>after my boa eats, she usually has that stinky unthawed rat smell...and thats obviously not good, because then she might smell that & mistake me for a yummy rodent...
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>>also, sometimes she has issues shedding...it never wants to come off in one piece...and she usually has bits stuck on for a long time, which means i usually end up helping them off...
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>>so im curious...are there any types of lotion/soap/etc that is SAFE for snakes...do these things effect their skin/health/etc...
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>>i've seen that SHED-Aid stuff at the petstores...has anyone used it? does it work well?
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>>...im just trying to learn some new tricks of the trade...
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>>i saw this program once where a man had a salon with big pythons...and he "gave them baths"...and soaped them up...i dont know what he used and i dont know if it was safe for the snake or not...lol
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>>so whats the deal?
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>>thanks
>>jess
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>>0.1.0 Hogg Island Boa
>>0.0.1 Red Albino Cornsnake
>>1.0.0 Normal Leopard Gecko
>>0.1.0 Argentine Black & White Tegu
>>1.0.0 Leopard Toad
>>1.2.0 Dogs
>>1.2.0 Cats
>>2.0.0 Rats
>>1.0.0 Rabbit
>>1.0.0 Gerbil
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Caden Chapman
slithering.serpents@gmail.com

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