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Help my bp may be dying !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't know if this is normal or not but. I dunno, my snake is shedding in small patches and her skin is kinda pale,what do i do?? Peel off the skin, or just let it fall off I'm terribly scared for her!!:please:
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Re: Help my bp may be dying !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First thing to do is probably relax. I doubt she is Dying. Sounds to me like a bad shed. We need some more detailed info. Do you keep her in a tank or tub? What is the temps?? Humidity?? How old is she ?? Has she eaten recently ??
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Is she shedding and it's coming off in pieces instead of in one roll? Pics would probably help. I wouldn't try to pull anything off.
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What's your husbandry like? Temps, bedding, humidity, etc.? What type of enclosure are you keeping her in? Tank, tub, cage, other...? It sounds like a crappy shed is all from too low of humidity. If that's the case, mist her cage/terrarium/tank/tub/whatever to bump the humidity. How are you measuring your temps and humidity? (or are you?) And what are you using to heat things? Sometimes heat lamps/ceramic heat emitters can zap the humidity pretty quickly, so you have to keep an eye to make sure it's up where it should be to prevent bad sheds. You might read these threads over and start from there:
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...s%29-Caresheet
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...edding-Process
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...hed-No-problem
What makes you think she's dying? Is she in distress in some way, losing weight, passing unusual feces, something else? The worst thing you can do is freak right now, so take a few and collect yourself and keep your head about you. If you really think she's in danger, take her to a vet. If it's just a poor shed, look over the threads I posted and see if they don't answer some of your questions. If she's truly in danger, the first thing would be to find a vet, not refer to an internet forum, no matter how helpful. If it's just the shedding issue, that can be fixed pretty easily. Good luck and hope that helps!
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Re: Help my bp may be dying !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Help my bp may be dying !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by Daybreaker
Is she shedding and it's coming off in pieces instead of in one roll? Pics would probably help. I wouldn't try to pull anything off.
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Originally Posted by xXCleoPatraXx
It just looks like a bad shed.
What was the humidity in her house?
My 'rescue' het Albino girl shed like that for me when she first came here.
Her subsequent sheds have been perfect.
She was too dry and not in a proper environment.
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She just had a bad shed. You can try soaking her for a few mins then let her slide through a damp towel. That should clear up the bad shed. Next time bump your humidity up to about 70-75 and she'll she'd just fine.
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Aww, she's just having a bad shed hon. Don't freak out. She'll be fine, and so will you. I wouldn't worry too much about trying to peel it off, you can irritate her and she may snap or bite. If it really bothers you that much, you can put a washrag or dishtowel in the bottom of a plastic tub, cover the bottom with about 1 " of warm { 85 degrees} water. Punch a couple of air holes, and put her in the tub. Snap on the lid, and put here she will stay warm for 15 minutes or so. She'll be crabby and stressed out a little, but it will help the leftover shed come right off.
Low humidity causes this, so take a little time to go over her enclosure and double check her husbandry, then when you pinpoint the problem area, you can fix it easily.
Gale
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Looks like a bad shed. Has she shed for you before? Is she acting any different in any way? If you have a tank try covering most of the top with a damp towel and mist the tank with clean water a couple times a day. This should help. Just a start I'm pretty new to this too. Just trying to calm your nerves I've been freaked out a few times too.
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Wow I type so slow lol.
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Re: Help my bp may be dying !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sounds like a bad shed. What is husbandry like? Might try a damp pillow case in a warm environment to help rub it loose.
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It's just a stuck shed, nothing to be afraid of. They happen usually when your humidity is too low.
First off you have a less than ideal tank for your snake. You want one that's more horizontal, less vertical, you have a great lizard tank. Bps don't climb. Get a 20g long fish tank when you upgrade. Ditch those needle thermometers and humidity gauge, go to Walmart and in the outdoor thermometer section you'll find an acurite brand humidity and temp gauge for around $12. There are tons of husbandry threads on humidity here, but personally I keep mine between 45-60% normally and 60-70% when they're in shed.
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Oh boy. Another victim of the dreaded "pet shop snake kit". I despise the fact that they sell these. 99% of the stuff is useless junk, all it is designed to do is suck money out of you. The tank you got is designed for a lizard or arboreal snake. Ball pythons are terrestrial. Meaning about 80% of that tank she won't use. Ball pythons needs the floor space and not height. Add to that the useless dial gauges, which can be off by a ridiculous margin, and the chemicals which are totally not needed or just plain useless. <sigh> Long story short, you spent a lot of money on stuff you didn't need, and even worse, you'll need to spend more on what you really DO need.
First of all is a good thermostat to control her heat source. I don't know if you have a heat mat or a useless heat lamp, but either one gets hot enough to burn her. Second is a digital thermometer and hygrometer. You need these so you know what her temps and humidity really are, not just a wild guess, which is all those dials give you. The eco earth is fine for bedding, so that's something. But the shed aid is useless junk, the reptisafe for her water is useless, the repti vite is totally unnecessary.
I feel so badly for you hon, it's a crime pet stores can sell this stuff to unsuspecting people.
Gale.
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Re: Help my bp may be dying !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by angllady2
Oh boy. Another victim of the dreaded "pet shop snake kit". I despise the fact that they sell these. 99% of the stuff is useless junk, all it is designed to do is suck money out of you. The tank you got is designed for a lizard or arboreal snake. Ball pythons are terrestrial. Meaning about 80% of that tank she won't use. Ball pythons needs the floor space and not height. Add to that the useless dial gauges, which can be off by a ridiculous margin, and the chemicals which are totally not needed or just plain useless. <sigh> Long story short, you spent a lot of money on stuff you didn't need, and even worse, you'll need to spend more on what you really DO need.
First of all is a good thermostat to control her heat source. I don't know if you have a heat mat or a useless heat lamp, but either one gets hot enough to burn her. Second is a digital thermometer and hygrometer. You need these so you know what her temps and humidity really are, not just a wild guess, which is all those dials give you. The eco earth is fine for bedding, so that's something. But the shed aid is useless junk, the reptisafe for her water is useless, the repti vite is totally unnecessary.
I feel so badly for you hon, it's a crime pet stores can sell this stuff to unsuspecting people.
Gale.
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I too fell for this crap when I got my first beardie the guy took me around the store and had me purchase probably $120 in stuff I didn't need, things that could potentially hurt her, and didn't mention some of the things I did need.
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