Okay, little Ekans began his shed last night, but it's coming off in pieces. I was having some trouble maintaining humidity in the cage, which I've corrected with the addition on tinfoil to the screen. It seems like he's shed everything from his head, which is good, but I'd like some of you experts to take a look and tell me if I should let him be to get rid of the rest of it, or take other actions to get him cleaned up. He doesn't seem to be innordinately uncomfortable.
As you can see, he has a bunch of skin left about 1/3 of the way down his body.
You can't see it well in this image, but he seems to have lost everything from the tail end as well. It's mainly the middle third (the fat part . . .)
Thanks for any help.
Chris
EDIT - Mods, feel free to move this to Husbandry. I didn't realize I wa sin General . . . Sorry.
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