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my little eastern was on track, he is now having a troublesome shed. I spent 15-20 minutes trying to peel him myself tonight, but the job is not done. I have since upped the humidity and added a piece of coral as a shedding aid. My question is, how long should I wait to see if he can complete the shed on his own? Is he at risk of injury in this condition?

GOD bless his soul, he was really patient with me. I just felt I had manipulated him enough so I gave him a break. I am really liking this guy more and more. What a trooper
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1.0 C/B Brooks
0.1 C/B Lavender brooks
0.0.1 W/C Scarlet King
0.0.1 W/C Eastern Milk
0.0.1 W/C Yellow Rat
0.0.1 W/C Western Garter
1.0 C/B Black Lab
1.0 C/B Min. PoodleXAmer. Eskimo hybrid
1.0 C/B Goofy Cat
1.2 C/B Children
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Try putting him in a deli cup with a damp paper towel over night. Good luck

Dan

Same deli cup with 1" of water and you wont have to worry about the problem.

Same deli cup with 1" of water and you wont have to worry about the problem.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Yea...cause if it is a little baby it will drown???.......

......try the paper towel......really damp....not a whole one....

coral might scratch a snake too much depending on species of coral........(perlite will scratch a newborn,newly shed baby too much too...so get them out before they shed / from egg boxes)...

anyways......I use cork bark in almost all my cages for one reason or another......if not to hide under at least a small piece for rubbing on.....

so......bad sheds can be caused by poor nutrition as well as too much growth (too thin skin)....along with the low humidity thing..

good luck
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...JY

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Its February, "babies" should be LAST YEARS babies and should be at least 8-10" at a minimum....and there is no way a healthy 8" snake can drown in 1" of water.

this one is small, only about 6" in length. It is/was a troublesome feeder that I have been force feeding mouse tails to for about 6 months before it finally took it's first pink last weekend. I have put more work into this little Eastern than any other snake i have ever cared for!

Tonight it still had about 1/2 a body length of shed to go, so I took him for a little swim in a room temp. sink of water, then spent 20 minutes gently removing the rest. Again, that little snake was so accomodating during my privacy invasion. I actually got the feeling it was happy with the help.
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1.0 C/B Brooks
0.1 C/B Lavender brooks
0.0.1 W/C Scarlet King
0.0.1 W/C Eastern Milk
0.0.1 W/C Yellow Rat
0.0.1 W/C Western Garter
1.0 C/B Black Lab
1.0 C/B Min. PoodleXAmer. Eskimo hybrid
1.0 C/B Goofy Cat
1.2 C/B Children
0.1 W/C wife

yea...it's February...

it's also an eastern?

they also were told a deli cup...which is usually an 8 oz or 16 oz unless said as a 6 3/4 " or 9 3/4 inch deli type cup

it's also having trouble shedding which told me it is not all that big fat and healthy?....

.....and YOU could drown in an inch of water....

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...JY

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how big is the snake ?
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Doug L