make sure it is ready and not somehow in between...multiple sheds...if another is forming could cause big problems if taken off before ready...not the stuck one...btw...I would be meaning a "current" shed underneath the stuck one...I saw a snake perished from bleeding to death...some guy peeled a shed off a big albino burm when I was younger and worked in a pet store..very sad...













>>If she can't do it, just take off the sheds yourself. Soak her for an hour or confine her to her moss box overnight. Restrain the snake and then either use a rubbing motion with your thumb or finger or fine-tipped tweezers to start removing the skin around the lips. Then, let her crawl through your hands, rolling off the skin like a stocking or something.

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>>A lot of times, bad sheds are a sign of something else (mites, dehydration, etc.) But sometimes, a bad shed is just a bad shed. As soon as they come off, I can almost guarantee she will be feeling better.

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>>Fingers crossed,

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>>Mike Lockwood

>>www.tooscaley.com




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Thanks,



Frank Roberts

Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

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