Shedding always seems to be a problem this time of year. Cypress def helps. Be careful if you buy it from lowes or home depot depending on where you live. It should be 100% cypress, some have fillers of different types of wood that are not really good for our snakes. Plastic wrap also works good to close up some of the ventilation holes. Also you can try larger water dishes and moving them to the back of the cage where the heat is for extra evaporation. Spaghnum moss can also be used in hides and helps with humidity problems. I have had huge issues in the past with freedom breeder racks and eventually switched to all closed tub racks and havent had any problems since.

The only thing that would concern me is the lathargic snake. Is he or she doing better now? Where are your temps at? If it had labored breathing listen to it in a quite room and make sure that it is not the start of a RI infection, sometimes if humidity, heat or stress from moving is involved they can start a RI. There are different types from bacteria, stress and viral but i would be more concerend about that animal then the ones that are having bad sheds, just my opinion. Let us know how he or she is doing and maybe we can help you to figure it out

Good luck with everything.

Dont feel too new, even the breeders that have been doing this for years are thrown a curve ball everyonce in awehile. After 10 years of working with balls i still scrath my head sometimes and need my other hobbyists input

Kim
N.A.R.C

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• I feel like I'm brand new - Seeves1982, Mon Jan 9 22:03:00 2012
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