I have a two year old female albino tangerine honduran. She shed a couple weeks ago. The shed was very thick and the eyecaps stayed on her eyes. I tried soaking her but it didn't help. She went into blue again right after and has now shed. I was hoping that the eyecaps would come off with this new shed but they didn't. Does anyone have an idea on what I could try to try to fix the problem?
Thanks
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shedding question.
oursnakes
Apr 30, 2015 12:00 PM
Replies (2)
markg
May 13, 2015 03:10 PM
Leave a small plastic tub/box/food container in the cage filled with moist sphagnum moss, leave the lid off or cut off one corner of the lid so the snake can easily enter/exit. The snake will probably spend alot of time in there.
Place about 1/2 the moss tub over the heat. Re-moisten as needed.
Some people try a warm wet cloth to rub the eyecaps. This is only OK if the eyecaps are already softened by high humidity.
Sounds like the snake is dehydrated. Are you keeping it in a glass tank/screen top? Sometimes irritants cause repeat sheds. What substrate are you using?
oursnakes
May 13, 2015 10:24 PM
Thank you, she shed again and the eyecaps came off. I asked a friend about it and he said hat it looked like she had had two sheds at once. She did that twice in about a 3 or 4 week period than shed again, a regualar one, and the eyecaps came off. I don't know if she's just growiing super fast or what. Her clutchmate is probably 2 or 3 inches longer. I only feed her a hopper once a week.
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