Dry tail normal?

Four days ago Roxy shed, I found it among her Sphagnum Moss Freshly balled up. Took a while to carefully massage it out for inspection and it seems like it was a clean full release of her old skin. The only thing that was not intact were her eye caps, though I did think one fell off the shed when I was working it.
Fed her the next day and then waited over 48 hours to pick her up.
As we were having our bonding time last night I’ve noticed the tip of her tail being more dry during her last handling. She has a pronounced white marking since she was a baby (I will include pictures that seems more dry than the rest of her) close to the back end of her body. She’s very mellow when I handle her but try info to inspect the tip of her tail, well it does not put her in relax mode.
After getting another UTH to maintain her cool side Temperature gradient seems fine and she’s utilizing all her hides, pooping well and on schedule.
Was wondering if I should be addressing this with added hydration (soak or Pedialyte), ointment or is it completely normal?
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I included the baby picture to see how pronounce that word stripe is.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...778550fcc9.jpg

Not seeing her tail up close, it's hard to say, but what you're calling "dry" sounds like retained shed, & if so, it MUST be removed so the minimal blood circulation in the tail tip is not cut off- as that can cause the tissue (the tail tip) to literally die (gangrene!) & either fall off or require surgical removal.

Use water to soak & assist with removal- not ointment (if petroleum jelly-based, it makes future sheds WORSE- very problematic), & don't waste Pedialyte.

Her shed was completely intact it’s just that white stripe at the end that feels oddly dry. I do recall feeling the tip of her tail on my arm feeling more dry than the rest of her body, that’s not uncommon right?


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A snake's tail should feel the same as the rest of their body scales, unless there's some sort of issue.

I will photograph, tend and inspect it a little later today. Could it possibly be burnt? If it was to retain shed on a part of her body would nice of see that on her released skin? There were no holes or missing parts (aside for head) on her old skin.


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Wouldn’t I see it on her shed*


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Wouldn’t I see it on her shed*


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You should. So the shed included the whole tail tip?

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...Could it possibly be burnt?...

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:confusd: Not if your enclosure is set up so there are no hot spots that are capable of causing a burn. So I cannot answer that, only you can. Maybe her tail was mildly scraped (abraded) somehow ?

I recently added a another heating pad so I could lower the warm side a bit in case she might burrow- she seems to appreciate it. Now her warm side doesn’t go 87-92 under the substrate and 75-78 on the cool side.
The only burn possibly might’ve been in her humid hide rock, Although the temperatures never goet above 88 in there she spent A LOT of time in there and moved her the moss all in the center so they might been a little excessive heat inside the stone on the side close to her vertical heat source closest to the hide.
Are there times that immediately after shed there is a temporarily discoloration or in this case dryness? https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...a793649923.jpg

You can see some splotches of white on her pattern closer to her belly, no odd or dry feeling just different than it was


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:confusd: Not if your enclosure is set up so there are no hot spots that are capable of causing a burn. So I cannot answer that, only you can. Maybe her tail was mildly scraped (abraded) somehow ?

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Scraped maybe? Before I saw all the warnings and even thought about the adhesive element I put a Velcro thermostat/humidity gauge at the very top of her enclosure. A couple times I saw her wrapped around that. Never any adhesive exposed but the gauge was slightly tilted after she hung on.

But again never saw any damage or issues after those moments.

Can constipation cause any of these issues? I felt better after taking the full body shot but for a second I thought she might’ve been a little bottom dense:heavy, now assuming she’s only healthy and growing but naturally I am a concerned daddy


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She might just be one of those snakes that loses (fades) color? The humid hide at or below 88* shouldn't have caused any issue. But 92* is pushing your luck- especially since many temperature-reading instruments may be off by one or a couple degrees. I'd stick to 90* max & some advocate 88-89* for that reason.

Just a note. Everything seems OK also getting the husbandry down. Adding the UTH under the cool side at 75° is working wonders. Also I’m pretty confident she’s happy her shed is complete and we can cuddle again.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...5dd9c8bf05.jpg


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