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Re: Dehydrated or shed???
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Rather than reply to your other post, i will just reply to this one. Snake looks dehydrated, possibly shedding and underfed. What is your setup? What is the humidity? The animal needs to get be put in a very humid environment quickly. A small tub with damp paper towels works. To hydrate you can also feed it a wet feeder. I am guessing you are using a heat lamp?
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Re: Dehydrated or shed???
humidity stays at 60% and yes i am using a heat lamp. this morning i put her in a hot water container very humid and it seemed to help. but 2 hours later and this again. i have a heat lamp on top and a heating pad under the hide.
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My bet is that your cage is not as humid as you think it is. Heat lamps suck moisture. Tanks which I also assume you are using are very hard to keep humid. Hopefully someone that uses tanks and lamps can jump on and help you. You can always make the animal a humid hide.
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Re: Dehydrated or shed???
You think I should take off the lamp and just use the heating pad. I have a night lamp that came with the kit also. The one I'm using is for daytime supposedly.
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Re: Dehydrated or shed???
If your temps are ok, I would turn the lamps off. Cover as much of the top as you can with aluminum foil and dampen your substrate. The animal should probably be temporarily at close to 100% humidity until the problem goes away. I am not a "tank" expert though. I have always kept my animals in tubs where it is a lot easier to control humidity.
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Re: Dehydrated or shed???
I'm going to do that as well as figure out how to make a humidity hide
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One more thing, make sure the substrate is clean. Damp plus feces makes a breeding ground for bacteria. If you have doubts about your substrate switch to damp paper towels at least temporarily.
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Re: Dehydrated or shed???
I never dampen the substrate before. Good tip. I need to change it planned on doing it tomorrow but will do it tonight.
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