some of the scales on my snake looks like they are peeling- as if he were sun burn or something- he just shed before i got him a week ago- is this normal?
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some of my snakes scales look like they are peeling.....
stoneysmoker420
Oct 17, 2003 09:29 PM
Replies (2)
Marcel Poots
Oct 18, 2003 04:52 AM
Two things come to mind. One, your snake is dehydrated.. Soak him in hand luke warm water. Two, fat snakes when they have laid curled up for a while will cause scales to be bend. Resulting the peeling aeffect. No wories..
Marcel
>>some of the scales on my snake looks like they are peeling- as if he were sun burn or something- he just shed before i got him a week ago- is this normal?
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Marcel Poots (Holland)
'Where is your crown King Nothing?' James Hettfield
Hotshot
Oct 18, 2003 06:54 PM
My KY locale black rat has the same thing. He has a problem with dry skin and his skin sometimes will dry out some. I have tried everything from a moist hide box to raising the temps in his container. It gets worse in the winter when there is less humidity in the air. He has been this way since I first got him. It may be genetic, who knows.
Brian Baker
