should i help or wait ?

[calvinlee7hk]

when i woke up this morning, my baby ball had shed half of her body, when i came home after my work, she still have half of her body doesn't shed, the first of her body was shed in one piece,

i was going to take her out to give her the asist shed, but she seems stress when i touch her, and tight up as a ball, (is it because i didn't handle her for a week ? and she is scared of handling ?) because my new second ball python don't scared of my assist shed when he got a bad shed.

should i wait one more night or give her the asistance.



calvin

[2Devious]

Here is a great thread on helping with a bad shed Bad shed No problem .

If you are having problems keeping up your humidity and you see that your snake is about to shed try using a humid hide until it sheds. Use a hide sized Tupperware container and cut a hole, either in the side or top, and place some damp sphagnum moss in it. Then place the humid hide on the warm side of your enclosure.

[sg1trogdor]

Just soak it in warm water. make sure the water is only about a third as deep as the snake is tall. let it slither around for a while and you can either do as I do and take it off by hand or let the snake slither through a towel normally this works. or you can throw them back into the tub/tank and let them figure it out.