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[amcgltdchix]

Shed Aide?

I bathe Grim once per week in a lukewarm water bath, and dry her off well. I also spritz her with Shed Aide and rub it into her skin so I won't get a poor shed off her.

Do any of you use this stuff too?

[tigerlily]

Nah it's not needed. Just another ploy to milk you out of your money. I've only had to soak one of my snakes, and that's because when I got her she had a lot of retained shed. Two soakings in plain ole water fixed her right up.

[kavmon]

no, room temp water and an hour or two soaking is all i've ever done.


vaughn

[Adam_Wysocki]

Things like regular soaking and shed aids actually do more harm than good. Water and other agents applied to the snakes skin can draw out and reduce the natural levels of the lubricant their own body produces to help them shed.

I forget the scientific name of the process, but it's the same reason that your fingers get wrinkled if you keep them in water for a long period of time ... the water draws the fluids out of your skin and shrivels it up.

Watch your humidity, let them shed, and if anything is stuck, then soak them after they are done with the shedding process ... 1 hours a night, shallow tepid water, sealed rubbermaid container with no holes until all of the stuck skin slides off.

-adam

[frankykeno]

Osmosis

We only soak if they have a badly stuck shed which thank goodness seems to be a thing of the past right now (crossing everything crossable that the trend continues).


~~Jo~~

[mann6558]

Things like regular soaking and shed aids actually do more harm than good. Water and other agents applied to the snakes skin can draw out and reduce the natural levels of the lubricant their own body produces to help them shed.

I forget the scientific name of the process, but it's the same reason that your fingers get wrinkled if you keep them in water for a long period of time ... the water draws the fluids out of your skin and shrivels it up.

Watch your humidity, let them shed, and if anything is stuck, then soak them after they are done with the shedding process ... 1 hours a night, shallow tepid water, sealed rubbermaid container with no holes until all of the stuck skin slides off.

-adam

[mann6558]

Adam when soaking to get off old shed, I do not need holes in the lid to let in oxygen?

[Adam_Wysocki]

Adam when soaking to get off old shed, I do not need holes in the lid to let in oxygen?

Cold blooded animals do not generate their own body heat and consume much less oxygen than warm blooded animals.

Sitting inside a seal box for an hour is no big deal as long as your not cramming a very large snake into a very tiny box.

-adam

[mann6558]

Thanks alot Adam