Ever "helped" your BP shed?

Yep those eyecaps are a royal pain!!
Mystery, a Venezuelan BCI I got as rescue, had the WORST retained sheds!! I bet she had 5! I soaked that snake for about 2 days straight!! I changed the water out periodically to keep it warm, and added olive oil, finally most of the body shed came off, but the eyecaps were a trick..I finally put water in the tub to about 1/2 way up her side, stuck her in an old pillowcase and let her rub it all off. :) I had to use a Qtip on one, but she never had another bad shed after :)

Wow, that sounds amazing. I would love to try that some time. You should get a video next time to share ....:)

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Originally Posted by elevatethis

I'm so OCD when it comes to retained sheds...if they don't shed completely they'll get about a 30 min soak and then the skin usually rubs right off with no problem.

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I'm the exact way! Last shed Echo had, she shed everything but her head and into the rubbermaid she went for 30 minutes!

My first day with my Dumeril boa was pretty cool she shed in my hand.She used my hand to push it off , I was amazed and super happy.

That's great - my hognose shed in front of my eyes the other day and I was just itching to help but thought I shouldn't (I know better now and I will next time ;) ) Unfortunately my BP has never done it in front of me (prob. coz she does it overnight) but I just know she wouldn't mind. She just leaves a dried scrunched up mess in the corner.

(Rescue) Freddie's first two sheds with us came off in itty bitty pieces aaaaaaaall over the place w/a retained spectacle, so THIS time I put a humid hide in w/her. She lived in it for 2.5 days, but when she shed two days ago, it was all in one PERFECT piece. :banana: Yeaaaaaaaaah! :pinkele: At first I thought she'd be one of the "thin-skinned" snakes like Adam suggested, but now I know that even w/the higher humidity in her tank, it just wasn't enough. We'll just put the hide in with her again. :D