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Ok oogieboogie is a Leusistic Texas Rat. Id venture to guess about 2 1/2 feet feeding great and growing fast. Her first 4 or so sheds were absolutely flawless. This time around she had some majior difficulties. There is still skin attatched to her body that will not come off. I have tried soaking her in a humidity box, soaking her in some water, rubbing her down with some minmeral oil and nothing will work.

Here are some pictures of her shed....

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What should I do with her? Im worried about leaving the skin on, but it is not looking like its going to come off. When I go to peel it off of her it wont budge, it takes her whole skin with her.
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2.0 Ball Pythons
0.1 Leucistic Texas Rat
0.1 Kenyan Sand Boa
1.1 Bearded Dragons
0.0.1 Albino Ornate Pacman Frog
0.0.1 Ornate Pacman Frog
2.0 House Cats

And a partrige in a pear tree...

Try putting him in a damp pillow case (not sure of how long, though, use your best judgement). Keep the snake in a warm area while he's in the pillow case.

Katrina

2 or 3 hours for bad sheds... works wonders... I use a rubbermaid with holes and a damp towel, though.
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Peter: It's OK, I'll handle it. I read a book about something like this.
Brian: Are you sure it was a book? Are you sure it wasn't NOTHING?

Ok...and you make three. I posted this problema few months ago and another herper had the same problem with Leuc. Tex. Mine does it every shed (looks like a sharpei)nad we have been able to cope with the problem by letting her soak in a shallow pan when she goes into shed. I'm not sure what causes this problem, but I will speculate that the sub-dermal fluids that separate the dead layer and allow a snake to properly shed are not forming or collecting where they should.

Frank
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