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I have a milk snake that forgets to shed

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Posted by: TheColubridKid at Tue Jun 28 03:15:03 2011   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by TheColubridKid ]  
   

I cant explain it and at this point I'm bewildered. I have this beautiful Ghost Honduran female, she is in a rack with I think six other yearlings, they all give me full sheds, complete sheds, she even gives me full complete sheds, when she remembers to do it.



Its happened to her three times non concurrently, I believe the last shed or the one before that was a full non torn, non flaky shed. When it happens she rarely if ever flakes it's like she doesn't even start the shed, its slipped her mind. once she let me rub her nose for 30 seconds after a five minute soaking , then she let me put my thumb on top of her head and the index finger on her chin (shes a yearling milk, I was impressed, she must of just wanted it off) she got it started then I was able to run a full shed straight down her body.



I really don't believe its my humidity levels, but its something I am doing.



She is in a Sterilite tub with either paper towels or aspen it it at different times. Could it be I shouldn't feed her when shes blue? (she will snd does eat.)Just put some wood in there? If I raise her humidity any more it will actually fog up the entire enclosure, I'm sure of that, so just do that while she is in shed?



I have been keeping only snakes for twenty years, colubrids and boids and I'm baffled a bit. Any advice would be helpful because I have never seen a snake retain complete sheds,3 or 4 times within a year, I've seen "bad" flaky sheds but its like she doesn't even try to get it started while all the other snakes in the rack have zero shedding issues.


   

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