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draybar
at Sat Feb 23 14:34:30 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by draybar ]
>>Thats the best way to describe it. I picked up my 3 year old corn 5 minutes ago and her skin felt strange. When I looked at her belly I could see it was flaking at the sides (where the big belly scales meet the body scales) and between the big belly scales.>>Her set up is exactly the same as it has always been. Cool end with a hide at ~70 F and a warm end under a light at ~95 F (followed values given in Kathy Loves book). She has a bowl of water she can fit into but never actually has. She spends ALL of her time at the cool end except the evening she gets fed.>>
you read wrong95 F.is way to high. Kathy would never recommended that.shouldn't be any higher then 85drop the temps down.Place a large water bowl in the viv, large enough for the snake to soak in, and cover half the viv top to help raise the humidity.A humid hide would probably be a good idea as well. A container with moist paper towels or damp sphagnum moss to help the snake rehydrate.I would fix the viv with the water bowl, humid hide, lower the temps and before I put the snake back in I would soak it in luke warm water for a little while to help loosen any dead skin.
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RE: please help! 'flakey' skin - draybar, Sat Feb 23 14:34:30 2008