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New pic of female, quick ? about her bad shed

AbsoluteApril Jun 10, 2005 10:49 AM

Hey guys,

I've been letting my GTPs settle in nice and quietly in quarantine, I've been trying not to bother them too much, just a quick checkin about twice a day and a misting. I snapped this pic of the female last night, she went into shed right before being shipped out and is having a hard time of it..

Right now her temp tub has two perches, water bowl, fake vines, papertowel substrate and some moss. The moss was what she was shipped with, I left it there to help with humidity, should I take it out? The tub is very humid, I see condensation. My questions:

Do I need to still give her a drying out time when she's trying to shed?

Should I put a few layers of damp paper towels right on top of her so she has to crawl out from under and hopefully get the shed off?

OR should I just get an empty tub with damp paper towels and leave her in that for a hour or so?

Here's a pic, you can see some of the shed has come off on the far right side of the perch. She is actually a much richer green color but the old skin must reflect back into the camera.
Thanks for any advice you can offer!

Replies (2)

shhawke Jun 10, 2005 12:03 PM

The moss was what she was shipped with, I left it there to help with humidity, should I take it out?

i have heard good things and bad things about moss... personally i would take it out... i dont think you need it if your humidity is high and your getting condensation on the walls of the tub... also you should drill more holes in the tub to reduce some condensation, but i would wait till you remove the moss and wait about 1 day and see if that fixes the problem...

>>Do I need to still give her a drying out time when she's trying to shed?

i bump up my humidity during a shed cycle... my normal humidity is about 65% so i bump to about 75-80%...

>>Should I put a few layers of damp paper towels right on top of her so she has to crawl out from under and hopefully get the shed off?

i would try to let her do it on her own... you have only had her for a few days... if she can do it on her own thats good.... if not then you can try that...

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>>OR should I just get an empty tub with damp paper towels and leave her in that for a hour or so?

i would try that last... but its up to you... both methods work... and neither is bad for the snake...

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>>Here's a pic, you can see some of the shed has come off on the far right side of the perch. She is actually a much richer green color but the old skin must reflect back into the camera.
>>Thanks for any advice you can offer!

thanks for all the great pics... she is a hottie...

Shiloh

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Shiloh Hawkesworth
kansas
(Midwest Serpents)

AbsoluteApril Jun 10, 2005 05:58 PM

I am hoping she'll get it off herself, I am just concerned about her having the shed skin on so long (since 6/7 when shipped) since I know the gtps are more fragile than other snakes...
patience..patience... I have no patience!

Thanks for the advice!

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