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hello all!, my corn snake has been in mid shed for several days, his head and about two inches down from there are fine but the rest of his body will not shed ? i dont know what to do ? does this hurt him? will he get sick ? as there anything i can do to make him shed or do i just have to wait it out and he will be fine ? please anyone with info on this message back!!!! thanks so much.

Give him a warm water soak to loosen that skin for at least 20 minutes. Or put moist paper towels in a plastic container and put him in it. His movement against the paper towels may rub it off.

To keep this from happening again, give him a large water bowl, big enough that he can soak in. You could also give him aspen substrate and mist it a couple times a week.

I will give pass on the greatest advise ever given to me about shedding from Marcel. Get a pillowcase or something similar wet it down keep it warm I put mne on the warm side and place the snake in it over night. I have a stubborn shedder she never quite gets it all off regardless of humidity but she is starting to grow out of it. I use this trick and it works every time.
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