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zach_whitman
at Tue Dec 15 23:27:27 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by zach_whitman ]
I didn't say you were doing everything wrong. But shedding problems are husbandry related pure and simple.
Just because she is hydrated doesn't mean that humidity isn't the problem. Have you ever had dry skin when the heat turns on the winter? You are not systemically dehydrated but your outer layers of skin definitely are. Come to think about it that could be your problem. Did this shedding issue start when your heat turned on?
Humidity has more to do with what is going on in the cage. It has to do with where you live and what else is in the room. When I lived back east the humidity was higher and I had a fishtank in the snake room. All of my snakes did awesome on aspen. When I moved to Colorado (high and dry, no fish tank) all of my kings started having shedding problems. Just because Bob Clark kept her dry doesn't mean you can too. If you don't want to change the in cage situation an easy solution is to go buy a $15 humidifier from the pharmacy.
Just curious... you got a snake from bob clark that was covered in mites??
-I was told the RI was caused by the mite stress by my vet. Either way it only happened once right after I got her, and has not since. It is not a recurring problem.
-her bowl is large enough for her to completely submerge. She's not always in it, and isn't even in it often.
-She hasn't really made use of the wetbox this time and prefers her two dry hides, it is a plastic box with one hole large enough for her, with wet towels that I've been changing daily. Could switch to moss, but I'd have to get a ton more for her. 9ft girl's kinda big, though I can do it if I need to no problem.
-I was told by Bob Clark that she's been on dry aspen her whole life before she came to me and water pythons are fine with it. Are paper towels I keep clean that different from dry wood chips?
-her appetite IS great currently. She hammers food on a regular basis.
-her skin 'springs back into place' as if she's hydrated.
I think I'm trying to bullet point out that I'm not sure why you're jumping to a hydration problem. Once the tricamonads cleared she's been eating and digesting perfectly, with no symptoms of anything for most of the year, and now one bad shed means I'm doing everything wrong?
Don't take this the wrong way! I'll be glad to look into more hydration options if that's an issue. Just confused.
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RE: Water python with wrinkly stomach? - zach_whitman, Tue Dec 15 23:27:27 2009