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There is still a little peice of unshed skin on the end of his tail. This auctually happended on the first shed since I got him which was about 6 months ago. I thought it would just come off during the next shed but it didn't. Then he shed again and there is still another peice. So I think its up to 3 layers by now. How do I get this off?

Just kidding

Sometimes this happens with eye caps as well on boas, and some don't shed other parts normally, this can be due to lack of humidity, the right temperatures, substrate or nutrition.

BUT doesn't sound like that to me regarding your boa, see if you can get him to soak for a few hours in his cage, then with a little effort you should be able to get it off of his tail. Ive done this with a full bad shed that was 2 times not shed properly, he was a sick boa though.

you should have no problems

Don't use your teeth though ok

good luck

steve

I bought shedding aid from petsmart and used that. It took 90 min of shedding aid and gentle rubbing to get all of it off. I'm suprised it took that long but I wanted to be very careful. I can't imagine if I had just let that left over skin build up after each progressive shed. It looked like it was squeezing the tip of his tail.

I would think that a bath and some rubbing would help you remove this piece, but its very important to spend the time and get that piece off to prevent your snake from losing that piece of the tail due to constriction. LIke putting a rubber band around your finger... Good luck and let us know if you have any other questions.

Sincerely,
Rose Hipskind
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