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My recently aquired anerythristic corn is having some shedding troubles. I got her a few weeks ago, she's only about 5 months old, and when I got her she seemed to have some stuck on skin that had not been shed the last time.
A few days ago I noticed her eyes had gone blue, and I provided a shed box of wet spahgnum moss in a cottage cheese container (with a hole cut in one side) for her.
I've seen her in for the majority of the last couple days, but she has begun to shed and it's incomplete. Her tank is right next to my computer desk, and I can see her rubbing against her hides and water dish trying to get it off right now. Humidity is at 50% in her tank and she does have access to the shed box. Is there anything I should be doing? Most of the old skin is still on her, she's only managed to get her head, and upper body region off.
Any help is appreciated!

When I see my corns corn into blue (and I say corns because this does not work for my boas) I mist them with a small hand pumped water bottle. With the misting set on fine the snake will start to drink from it’s coils and the water around him/her. I keep spraying until the snake stops drinking, normally about 45 seconds or so, yes this makes for a wet cage but it does dry out within the day. It might just be that my corn snakes are lazy, but during the shed and when they turn blue the need extra water to help separate the old skin from the new skin. My snakes won’t go to the water bowl during this time for it, the stay in their hide boxes. So I lift the hides and they drink from the misting.
My theory is this, in the wild the corn snake in blue would normally stay inactive during this time and drink water from it’s coils from either rain or morning dew. In captivity they do not get this and simple moist hide box will no allow them to drink the water, just increase the humidity, so misting replaces the natural effects of rain or dew and the shed with out problem. Try it, I am sure you will find that it helps.
Good Luck
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Jim Hopkins "Hoppy"
Hopkins Holesale Herps
Hopfam1@aol.com

soak her for a little while and then you can help slide the rest off. i have done this alot of times when their tails don't come off. also does she have something with a rough surface. they need the rough surface to help peel the old skin off. but this time i would soak her and the rest should come off.

Try soaking her for a while. Then you can move her to a container with some damp hand-towels or face-cloths. If she is still having trouble working it off, try picking her up with one of the towels and letting her crawl around in the towel - give it gentle pressure around her body as she crawls through - don't force it, let her work the skin off on her own. When the skin is all off make sure and check he tip of the tail, if the skin gets stuck there, it can contrict the blood flow and the tip will fall off.
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Thanks guys! She does have rough spots in her cage, a half-log hida and a coconut hide that both have rough textured surfaces. I saw her rubbing against them last night, but to no avail.
I'll try the above suggestions, Thanks!