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Hey, im new to this forum, but not to kingsnake. I rescued a baby boa from a customer at my pet store who was going to dump her in the woods. I took her to my vet first thing, who said she was beautiful and looked great healthwise too.I am going to be keeping her and will be posting a pic soon. I own several lizards (an iguana, beardie, uro, and leo gecko)- but this is my fist snake. She ("Elvira" is a little less than 2 ft. long. The problem is this- she is shedding, but not all at once. Scales are peeling off one-by-one. Her eyes are cloudy, and look like they want to shed, but have been that way for a couple days now. She is not the least bit interested in food, and has not eaten for 4 days now. Is this normal? She is in a 20 gal long tank, but is out whenever I am home. I spray her once or twice daily, as well as give her a bath. In her tank, she has fir chips as a substrate, a big water dish to soak in, a sand-blasted tree branch, and a cave she is almost always in (when shes in her tank). The temp is about 87-93 degrees (depending which side you check) I fed her 4 small mice last week, with one day in between each feeding. Anything else I should be doing?

Thanks
-Stefano

p.s.- Wich is better to feed, grown mice or rat pups?

First off feeding 4 mice a week is way too much. 1 prey item the size of the snakes girth a week is more than plenty better yet 1 prey item after every poop is better. As far as the sheding if the shed is already pealing off in small pieces then there may be a problem with the humidity being too low or she may a little bit dehydrated and may require long periods of soaking to release the rest of the skin, but if the skin has not started to peel off just give her a few days and her eyes will clear up and the she will shed.

.......The Sauna treatment......It works........
what my husband and I do is to take a container w/ lid and place mixture of 2tsp of shed ease w/ 1c warmed water put this into the container large enough for your snake, add enough carefresh to water mixture to absorb liquids. place snake into container put on lid ( must have a few sm holes for air,obviously )place into tank over ground heat and this will produce a sauna effect, take snake out approx 1hr after container is steamed up. Our 6 babies hate this but have always shed within 24 hrs after sauna treatment
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