unhealthy shed

well... i came home from a baseball game tonight around 1 and checked on Pandora.. she's not having a good shed. she musta started when i was gone, and now she only has a little bit off. but the skin is coming off in pieces, not whole at all. :( im sad, i tried doin everythingright!! i misted her to make it easier, and i cranked the humidity up to 87%. heres all that she's gotten off:
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v9...1/MVC-912F.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v9...1/MVC-911F.jpg

:( maybe next time...

just hope for your eycaps and head to come off on its own. probly the hardest part

Angela ... this is her first shed with you right? The first shed you have with a new animal almost always reflects more of the husbandry before you got her rather than the husbandry you have provided since. It might take her a while and make sure you check for the eyecaps in the left over shed. It sounds like you have the humidity cranked up ... definitely leave it that way until she is finished. If she is still having problems late tonight or tomorrow morning you might want to consider letting her crawl through a damp towel in your hands to help moisturize and give her something rougher to rub against. Keep us posted .. i'm pullin for you and her :)

Just make sure that she gets her eyecaps off, that there's no skin left encircling her body, and that there's none left at the tip of her tail. Those are the shed remnants that will typically cause trouble. First sheds with a new keeper are often troublesome and it doesn't reflect badly on you. I bet you can get a good shed y the 3rd or 4th. :)

k well... i found her eyecaps and the skin off the head. i was VERY happy to see that. im thinkin if she hasnt completely shed by tonight, i'll try soakin her for a bit and lettin her go through the damp towel.. :) at least she ate twice before she shed!!

Good to hear that her eye caps and head came off ok. Keep us posted.

well, i felt bad for Pandora since she was lookin miserably in the cage at me. so i soaked her now and let her go through the towel... she wasnt happy with me, but she got most of the skin off!! the only thing left is some around her anal spurs... so im hopin that will fall off eventually. heres her new skin :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v9...1/MVC-520F.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v9...1/MVC-524F.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v9.../snake6790.jpg

yay :)

She looks good! Glad you were able to get most of it off.

Lookin good!

thanks :)

not sure what to look at your toes or the snake...

Uhm, the snake? That's why we're all here.

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Uhm, the snake? That's why we're all here.

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PaWned. :oops: :ashamed