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Ok this is the 1st time i have had any problems like this that have gone on for as long as they have..

My newest Red Tail Boa cannot get all its shed of regardless of what he does or i do i have tried everything possible to aid him in the shed but nothing is working...

Can anyone suggest anything that i aint done?

Things i have done.

1. Luke Warm bath fr 20 mins
2. Water ointment treatment
3. Skin ointment
4. raising humidity slightly

If you can add to these i would appreciate it as he is long past shed date and his skin is all dried out and cracking but it will just not come of.

Vets have said i have done everythin i can.

Thanks

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I've heard that soaking a pillow case in warm water, placing the snake inside and then putting it back in viv sometimes works.

Never tried it myself, warm soak usually does the trick for me, but have heard of the pillowcase trick, so maybe worth a try?

Chris.

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snakehead

I would try the pillow case . Its worked for me with with 1 of my cheynei . you might try placing the snake in a plastic rub with scrunched up paper spray the paper with water and place the snake inside

Synergy

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cheers will give all ago tomorrow as his viv is bein turned off in a moment

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Good luck mate. Keep us posted

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samjay

my corn is also in shed, and is shedding parts at a time, it kind of looks like a sunburned human peeling lol,
is this normal ?
if not should i stick him in a lukewarm bath ?
cheers
Sam

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when we had a corn stuck is 2-3 sheds (was givin to us like that) what the vet said was to get a old towel, and wet it and rinse it out, then fold the towel in half and in half again, any put a rub, and place on a heat mat, 30-60 mins at a time, and after a few days u should see an inprovement, (as the snake moves thro the towel the rubbing action and the steam should help)

claire

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my mate got a boa who had about 2 previous bad sheds, we bathed it in warm water for a while till the skin soaked up the moisture, then placed it with warm soaked kitchen roll, it did work, but you cant leave them in their for long.

it does work

linda

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Hiya, just saw the post and thought I might add something further.

Ok, there are a couple of points to note.

1) How are you keeping your boa? Are there humid as well as dry areas in the viv? What sort of substrate are you keeping it on, and what is your pre-shed routine for the snake? What temps are you keeping? However, judging by your post, I don't think this is going to be the problem :(
2) Take care with wet pillow cases etc. If you doubt this, then put your head in a dry pillow case, then put your head in a wet one....... take care with the second option as it may cause suffocation!
3) I don't want to cause panic or worry but, very poor shedding as has been described in the first post can be a symptom of illness. This can be anything from vitamin deficiency to a systemic bacterial infection. It could be worth while to getting some faecal tests or bloods done if this is a possibility. I have seen this before and this is not any kind of judgement on your or anyone's husbandry, but I had the backup of an entire vet dept. and was able to get as many tests done as and when I wanted them, and these sorts of syptoms were more serious than just low humidity 9 times out of 10. This is backed up by the fact that this snake is new to the collection and may have been carrying an infection on arrival.
If this unshed skin has been on for a while then another shed cycle can be forced with vet treatment using Parenteral vitamin A @ 1 000 to 5000iu will induce ecdysis.

How long has this snake been in your collection, how old is it, and is it being kept with any other animals?

For most people poor sheds are simply low humidity issues prior to shedding, and the treatments listed above are perfectly good for sorting them out, however just to be on the safe side.....

Cheers
Al

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Fluffy

my corn had a bad shed but i stuck some damp sphagnum moss into her warm hide n within an hour the rest had come off try that

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