Does it hurt the snake if you peel off its skin?

[gncz73]

i soak my snake once a week anyways so i will pull any skin off at that time

[SiscoReptiles]

Keep in mind also, if the snake has stuck shed repeatedly, you need to make some adjustments to your husbandry, specifically in the area of humidity. With proper humidity stuck sheds should be a rare occurrence.

Rick

[Adam_Wysocki]

Keep in mind also, if the snake has stuck shed repeatedly, you need to make some adjustments to your husbandry, specifically in the area of humidity. With proper humidity stuck sheds should be a rare occurrence.

Rick

Over the years, I've found that some snakes are just prone to stuck sheds even with the correct humidity ... I could have a room with 180 snakes in it and it seems to be the same 5 or 6 that have problems while all the other animals set up the exact same way (open air racks, 82/92, 50-60% RTH with a full room console humidifier) have perfect sheds every time.

I notice is a lot in my hyper and hypo mels, but I have some normals too that are just stubborn.

I guess my point is that sometimes it's not the husbandry, it's just the animal.

Hope this helps.

-adam

[Sausage]

Lol, funny this thread is here, I just peeled some skin off my snake. He seems to feel much better now.

[rmune0750]

this is the first time that my BP has ever not shed in 1 piece

[Ccolmen9889]

My ball python started shedding yesterday but when I left him for a while I came back and all that came of was his head (the eye caps included) so what I did is a gave him a warm bath and helped him shed by peeling it off, his humidity was at 65-70 so I thought he was gonna be fine all of skin is off but I was just wondering if it was okay for me to help him shed also some of his scales look like there not there will that hurt him also his he going to shed in pieces or was it a 1 time thing

[Zincubus]

My ball python started shedding yesterday but when I left him for a while I came back and all that came of was his head (the eye caps included) so what I did is a gave him a warm bath and helped him shed by peeling it off, his humidity was at 65-70 so I thought he was gonna be fine all of skin is off but I was just wondering if it was okay for me to help him shed also some of his scales look like there not there will that hurt him also his he going to shed in pieces or was it a 1 time thing

I tried that ONCE when I first started keeping snakes ... a baby boa and he got me good


After the soak it’s better to have a damp , rough textured towel to hand then wrap the snake up in it on your lap then let it wriggle around inside the towel as long as possible .. apply very , very gentle pressure as it slithers around .. all the loose skin will come off ‘painlessly’..


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