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Heres my male who shed 3 days ago he was in mid shed when i fed him a bunny. Since he has retreated to his hide i just looked this morn and heres how he looks should i help by hand or wait till it digests its food?

Let him finish digesting (it takes alot of energy and effort to digest a meal) Once he has finished digesting (atleast to the point the meal is not visible any longer) put him in a damp pillowcase, tie it shut, and put the pillowcase back into the enclosure so it remains warm. Leave him that way for a couple/few hours then check on him. He should be able to work off any stuck shed he has doing this. Also make sure the pillowcase isn't soaking wet but only damp. Another method I recently read about on the ball python forum is put a damp towel in a tub, the snake into the tub and then put that into the enclosure. Same principle both should work well on loosening and removing shed.
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Randall L Turner Jr.
Boas make the world go round.

A spritz or two won't hurt.
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Thanks,

Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB)
4.12 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
2.1 Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 Het for Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 BCI "Elvira" normal from 1989
1.0 BCI albino / het-anery
0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino
0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino
0.1 BCI Hypo (possible super)
1.0 BCI albino het stripe
1.0 BCI salmon hypo
0.1 BCI ghost

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

i agree. a good spraydown with water works a whole lot better and looks nicer than tying your snake up in a pillowcase. of course, thats just me.
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1.1.0 Colombian Redtail Boas
2.1.0 Sumatran Blood Pythons
1.0 Black Blood Python
1.0 Dumeril's Boa
0.1 Coastal Carpet Python
0.1 Jungle Carpet Python
0.1 Surinam Redtail Boa