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My boa apears to have a plugged nose. I used that brown repti-bark bedding for a couple of weeks. It appears that some of the dust has plugged he nose. I feal this is the cause do to the fact that she is albino and the brown bark is all she has been around with that color. She looks to breathe ok for the most part. But sometimes looks to be maybe breathing through her mouth a little bit. What do i do? Will it come out with a shed? i used a wet paper towel and it didnt seam to help. Also soaked her in the tub with no luck. She is very well tempered so I can most likly do what it takes without resistance. She is 30" long so her lil nostrels are small and hard to really see well. TY very much

Try soaking her in a plastic tub (with holes drilled for air) with a bit of water... a shallow bath. Put some damp towels on her. Leave her there for an hour or so (might want to put part of the plastic tub on a heat pad to keep the water at a good temperature). A longer bath might help. Once she has soaked for a while, take a damp terrycloth towel and wipe at her nose to see if any of the bark dust comes off. If it doesn't, you may have to wait until she sheds. If you like using bark like this, rinse it very well before putting it into the cage, this way hopefully the bark dust gets rinsed off.

TY I got lucky and she shed that day fixing the problem.
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