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  • 10-18-2019, 05:56 PM
    Luraelyn
    Re: New BP owner paranoid with shedding
    We did it! What I ended up doing was soaking her for 20 minutes, then running her through a damp washcloth. This managed to get the shed on the base of her neck off, but not her head. Through all this though, I could see that I managed to break off a little flap at the base of her nose, and really moisten up the skin on her head. All of this took a LOT of patience as messing with her head very much offended Willow. So what I ended up doing was taking tweezers and VERY gently pulling up the flap a tiny bit, then I used my thumb to rub it back over and over until the shed left on her head came off. I had thought that she only had one eye cap to lose, but both came off!!

    I am so immensely relieved that this is over with. Since the start of this I have gotten a MUCH better hold on the humidity and temperatures in her tub, and I will modify the humidity box I made to have moss instead of paper towels. Hopefully this will prevent this happening again in the future!

    I would like to thank you all for the help and tips! I'm not sure how I would have handled this without this forum.

    Willow, beautiful and bright eyed now that that yucky skin is off!
    (I am giving her a few days off from any handling, because I feel this past week of working off shed was very stressful for her.)
    https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...etely_shed.png
  • 10-18-2019, 05:59 PM
    Snakemom85
    Re: New BP owner paranoid with shedding
    Good job! I'm sure she is much happier now.

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  • 10-18-2019, 06:02 PM
    Luraelyn
    Re: New BP owner paranoid with shedding
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Snakemom85 View Post
    Good job! I'm sure she is much happier now.

    Sent from my Moto E (4) using Tapatalk

    I think she definitely is! She seemed to calm right down once those eye caps came off.
  • 10-18-2019, 06:03 PM
    Zincubus
    Re: New BP owner paranoid with shedding
    Wonderful !!!


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  • 10-18-2019, 06:32 PM
    Bogertophis
    Perfect! :gj: :dance: She's beautiful, & now she feels beautiful too. This was also LESS stressful than taking her to the vet for help...
    and you've shown her that you're not so bad after all. :D
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