Color from Shed

Ok I have a strange question. My new blood had a poor shed and I was soaking him for a few minutes to get the rest off. I pulled him out of the water and cradled him in my arm while I removed the little bit of retained shed. About 10 minutes later I noticed this yellow coloring all over my arms...it is powdery as I rubbed my nose and it transferred. It doesn't wash off easily with soap either. Any ideas I have never seen this with any of my Balls. I looked at the removed shed and it too has a yellow color to it. This stuff is basically everywhere.

Here is a pic of my hand where you can see yellow.
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...s/DSC00490.jpg

Any ideas?

what substrate are you using?

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Originally Posted by Patrick Long

what substrate are you using?

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Cypress...could it be coming from there?

And I just switched to it in the past week...needed more humidity.

Well, Its hard to say. I would suspect that it came from your substrate. But that being said, if none of your other snakes have that, and are one the SAME cypress, I dont know...

Does cypress have added dyes?

How does it taste? Lol, I know, weird.. but I see myself tasting it. :P
Greasy?

Always used cypress for the bloods, and have never seen anything like that.

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Originally Posted by littleindiangirl

How does it taste? Lol, I know, weird.. but I see myself tasting it. :P
Greasy?

Always used cypress for the bloods, and have never seen anything like that.

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Damn it Connie...now I have gone and tasted it...LOL :D There is no taste by the way.

LOL! Such a trooper!! You dont want to know what I thought it might be. A taste test certainly proved that theory wrong. :gj:

Just odd though, I wonder if Kara or BC will pop in and let us know whats up.

Just a side note: This seems oddly familiar to me, and I just can't peg why. Like I've seen it before.... hmm

Crazy! :confused: Now I'm dying to know what it is! Especially since you did the taste test! :D

Was the water you were soaking it in tainted at all??? Do you happen to have Curry Powder or Food Coloring on your counter? :weirdface

Any type of "body fluid" from the snake wouldn't be powdery, right?

*makes note to check back on this thread* :P

How does it taste? Lol, I know, weird.. but I see myself tasting it. :P
Greasy?

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Damn it Connie...now I have gone and tasted it...LOL There is no taste by the way.


:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Ive been thinking about this, and I think that maybe something was in the container that you were soaking him in.