Joules's Shedding Problem

I know this is yet another shedding issue, but bear with me. lol

Background: I've had Joules, the baby, for 3 months now. No trouble feeding and this is his second shed. The first one was in pieces, but not near as bad as this one has been. I've been giving him nightly baths, luckily he's absolutely chill. I'm honestly beginning to doubt he understands that he needs to rub against things. Does anyone have anything special rubbing thing? We have been trying to get the shedding skin pieces off for almost a month. Any ideas?

Joule's Pad:
2 hides (hot/cold)
2 fresh waters (one so he can submerge himself hot/cold)
a rope thing he likes to climb on.
Humidity: steady 80-85 on the Hygrometer
Hot Side: 93-97 (substrate & lamp)
Cold Side: 78-82

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks in advance!!

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first you temps are too hot. your warm side should be 90-92 with a cool side of 80-82. your humidity should be 50-60% or 70% during a shed.

after his soak in his bath (he should not be soaking in his water dish as this can cause belly rot) let him slither through a towel... rub him a little to assist with his shed coming off. ;) this should deal with your problem.

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Originally Posted by Sevina

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what's the pic of?

one more question... what are you using for substrate? aspen, newspaper... etc.

if you dont already have one you should get an accurite digital thermometer/hygrometer from walmart its like $11 bucks, this will tell you what your temps and humidity really are....

First of all, make sure that you are using a good digital thermometer/hygrometer to measure your temps/humidity. Now to get rid of stuck sheds.

Get a small rubbermaid or any other plastic container that your bp will fit comfortably in, and fill it with luke warm water. How much water you need will depend on the size of your snake. The depth of your water level should not exceed 3/4 the height of your snake.

You do not have to put holes in this container since you will not be leaving your snake within for too long. Put your snake inside, seal the container with it's lid and put the whole setup inside your tank on the hot side. This will create a sauna effect which will greatly help your bp in getting rid of it's shed. Let the snake soak for about an hour.

After the hour has passed, you can let the bp run though your hands or through a towel and the stuck shed should come off easily. If not, repeat the process in a day or two until the whole shed comes off.

source :8ball

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Originally Posted by Sevina

I've been giving him nightly baths, luckily he's absolutely chill.

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I'm wondering if the nightly baths are part of the problem. I'd do the soaking as suggested every other day or so. Sometimes overdoing it with soaking/bathing a snake can cause the reverse of what you want. It can leech out the needed layer of liquid between the old and new skin and create more problems than it fixes.

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

what's the pic of?

one more question... what are you using for substrate? aspen, newspaper... etc.

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It looks like his bp, the head is in the middle of the pic (between the tank and hide thing), looking into a fish tank, but I am not sure what he's sitting/hiding in. It reminds me of those hampster/mouse tvs you see pet stores. It's basicly a hide made to look like a tv and where the 'glass' would be is a piece of colored plastic. So if your mouse uses the tv to hide in you can watch him as if he was on tv.

I'm still trying to figure out what the thing is in the cage? (I circled it in red)

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...whatisthis.JPG

The substrate is fir. I am using a digital thermo/hygrometer. I lowered the temperatures a bit already. I'll try the sauna effect tonight and report

The picture is Joules in his TV (hamster thing) and he LOVES watching the fish in the other aquarium. My husband and I call him poking his head out "playing dragon." The Red circled thing is a plant that has tipped over.

This is a picture from the front. (he loves shoving himself in there)

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Originally Posted by iceman25

Get a small rubbermaid or any other plastic container that your bp will fit comfortably in, and fill it with luke warm water. How much water you need will depend on the size of your snake. The depth of your water level should not exceed 3/4 the height of your snake.

You do not have to put holes in this container since you will not be leaving your snake within for too long. Put your snake inside, seal the container with it's lid and put the whole setup inside your tank on the hot side. This will create a sauna effect which will greatly help your bp in getting rid of it's shed. Let the snake soak for about an hour.

After the hour has passed, you can let the bp run though your hands or through a towel and the stuck shed should come off easily. If not, repeat the process in a day or two until the whole shed comes off.

source :8ball

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I have had this problem with one of my bp's before and a friend gave me these same instructions and it worked wonderfully! :sunny: