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RE: SOAK IT

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Posted by: ssnakes at Wed Sep 2 19:39:24 2009   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by ssnakes ]  
   

You should put the hatchling in a lukewarm (use an elbow test...the water should not feel hot or cold, just tepid) soak enclosed in something like a shoe box with a lid, with about an inch and a half of water and leave it in a warm room for several hours. Remember this baby just came out of a total wet enviromnent, and sometimes for whatever reason, the skin dries out and they almost look like tissue paper. I have seen this multiple times and a good soak usually does the trick and the shed happens. Often the skin becomes so dry that it almost constricts the baby, so a soak is really needed.

   

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