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RE: ATB having a horrible shep any sugestions

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Posted by: meretseger at Wed Feb 18 01:36:27 2004   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by meretseger ]  
   

In very bad situations I've always found that putting the snake in a relatively close-fitting plastic container (a rubbermaid or delicup with airholes, depending on size) with a wet heavy paper or cloth towel for not less than 2 hours does wonders. The snakes just seem to take up more moisture than they do when sitting in water, and they don't mind it so much. Then you can use the towel to rub the remaining shed off without getting bitten up. A permanent moist hide in the tank might be a good idea if the snake will use it- I don't keep this species yet.
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"The serpent crams itself with animal life that is often warm and vibrant, to prolong an existence in which we detect no joy and no emotion. It reveals the depth to which evolution can sink when it takes the downward path and strips animals to the irreducible minimum able to perpetuate a predatory life in its naked horror."
Alexander Skutch


   

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