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Posted by: BackBeat at Mon Mar 14 20:13:29 2005   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by BackBeat ]  
   

Tip 1: Mist your BPs enclosure throughly as soon you realize they are in shed. Mist em more than once while in shed, it won't hurt.



Tip 2: 'Spill the water'. Yep, dump some of the water bowl onto the substrate. Dump enough water that would (by estimate) take 2 or 3 days to dry up. Your snake will absorb the extra moisture through direct contact with the substrate, as well as when the water evaporates into the air.



While it's true that keeping a ball python on damp/wet substrate will cause blisters/sores/etc to the belly there is no harm to come from 2 or 3 days exposure to damp substrate.



I use a combo of misting/dumping for my balls, cornsnakes, and Pituophis and can't recall the last time I had a 'bad shed.' Years ago atleast!





Hope this helps.



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