shedding Q's

when matilda is shedding is she blind? my display pic is how her eyes have been for about 4 days now.. she dosent seem to b able to see the great either is this normal?

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Originally Posted by beer12

when matilda is shedding is she blind? my display pic is how her eyes have been for about 4 days now.. she dosent seem to b able to see the great either is this normal?

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Yea shes sight blind. but her heat sensors still registers heat and most can see movement.

ahh alrightthx again bud

should i turn the heat lamp off tonight and ma b she will shed cuz the humitidy? i keep the red light on all day and night

Only if your temps are good. Other wise leave it on with raised humidity and incorrect temps you'll risk an RI

ohh ok may b ill just leave it on should i spray 2 times a day if i keep light on all the time and dosent the constent red bother her eyes??

What are you measuring your humidity with? You can raise it to 70% to 80% if it take spraying twice a day then so be it. :D

no the lights don't hurt her eyes but they do need a light cycle.

wut should the humitidy b at for healthy snake and a good shed??

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Originally Posted by beer12

wut should the humitidy b at for healthy snake and a good shed??

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Healthy humidity should be between 40%-50% . For sheds keep it between 60-70%

This is all covered in the care sheet on this site :D

alright mines 50% right now but the temp is only 77F =/

and i sprayed it 2times alrdy today like once an hr n its only 50% its a 29 gallon tank very long tho

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Originally Posted by beer12

alright mines 50% right now but the temp is only 77F =/

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Dangerously low temps.

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yea i need 1 of those heat pads badly ill try petland and get somthing that makes it auto 85F??

yo freakie wut could i put ontop of cage insted? that would work

garbage bag work if i cut out a circle for the lamp?? or if i only coverd half the lid

I wouldnt use a garbage bag just because if it gets to warm it will easily melt. I know some people use aluminum foil and/or duct tape combo. Also you could use a piece of wood (just make sure it isn't too heavy where it could fall into the cage). And you really need to get that humidity up to make the shed easier for your snake. Leaving the heat lamp on all the time is going to dry it out really fast, if you don't have a bowl of water in already you can add that, also towels/paper towels that are wet can be put in to try and raise the humidity as well. If you have a really hard time keeping constant temps/humidity you might want to look into getting a plastic tub instead, much easier to control everything that way. And with a UTH make sure it doesn't get too hot, my vet recomemended putting a tile in between the cage and the heater to evenly distribute the heat. It seems to work, temp for the hot side stays about 95.

Hi,


I would use tinfoil and tape on the outside of the cagetop - you would have to be really carefull with a garbage bag to make sure it didn't get too hot with the lamp and melt. Depends on how it's set up of course.

If you don't mind me asking where did you get her? 5 foot seems awfully big for only 2 years old.


dr del

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The heatpad should be controlled in some way - either by a thermostat or a dimmer at least.

It depends on how stable your house temperatures are however as a thermostat will automatically keep the temps bang on after its setup and calibrated but the dimmer will need almost constant checking and adjusting if the room temp changes.

How are you measuring your temps at the moment?

And another possible idea if the top-sealing doesn't work is to make a humid hide and add it in addfition to the hides already in there.


dr del

iam goin with the foil/ducktape thingy atm and iam using 2 seprate gages for the temp and humid the humidity is around 52 with the bag but iam changin it now and the temp is 82 with garbage bag ill let u guys know after i make the foil top brb as iam making it ty

Hi,


Is it those little round stick on temp and humidity gages or digital ones your using?


dr del

i actually have both in there i have a stick one and a digital 1 that tells me temp n humid ( the lids all done just w8ing for it to get steddy) but i put the lamp in the middle of the cage is that ok??