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I have recently had a little trouble from one of my younger hondurans. She was unable to shed her skin by herself for some reason. After about twelve days, I decided to manually remove it to prevent a bacteria safe haven. The snake is around seventeen inches and is feeding well. She is however a new aquisition. Is this a humidity problem? If so, how do i prevent it from happening? I really did not enjoy peeling her skin from her, and the fact that this usually quiet snake latched on to my finger shows that she was under a great deal of stress also. However, when she did latch on it did actually make it easier to remove the skin so maybe she was just trying to do her part...hehe. Any and all help is much appreciated. Thanks.

God Bless,
Chris J

Yep, you probably have a humidity problem. This often happens in the winter, as forced air used to heat homes takes humidity out of the environment. You can make a "humidity chamber" for the snake and place it in the cage when the is in a shed cycle. This is essentially a hidebox with damp paper towels.

Alternatively, if the snake has trouble shedding, you can place it in a container with damp paper towels. The humidity in the container combined with friction from crawling through the paper towels will often allow the snake to shed easily.

Tim

Third Eye

such a clean looking hypo for that size. Usually you see at least a little bit of tipping by that size. Very nice.
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Paul Weaver
Carolina Herps

like that except babies.I only have two in my collection (extreme's aside) that are as clean as they were when hatched.
here is one of them,

Shannon

...here's another photo of the same snake.

as clean as they come!,....nnnice!.....................Doug
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Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!

Is that a male? In my small collection I notice most of my males have less tipping then the females. I am curious if that is typical. This is one of Tim's he's about 2 feet now and shows no signs of tipping. The female I got with her is starting to show slight signs. I absolutly love them so please don't think I'm knocking them, just curious if it's the norm.

Good question. It's a female, one of two that I held back from last year. I too have noticed that males tend to be cleaner than females. I picked up on this "back in the day" when the only hondo "morph" was "tangerine."

I think that the darker colors that females tend to get may have something to do with egg incubation prior to eggs being laid. Dark coloration would absorb more heat, so maybe it aids in egg development.

Just a theory!

Tim

G-D! That can't be real.....

BTW-what's "tipping"?