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    Leaving stuck shed alone?

    so i'm having a little shedding problem with both of my snake. Snake no.1 the bumblebee I had for about 2 weeks. Ate fine for me and just had a shed 2 days ago. THe shed is more or less perfect except for the tip of the tail that seems to be stuck. Snake no.2 the butter pastel I just receive yesterday. She came with stuck shed around the neck and what appears to be stuck eye cap, the breeder was having a little humidity issue prior to getting her to me, other than the stuck shed she seems perfectly healthy.

    Now I did a little research and the general suggestion for stuck shed is to bath them and use warm towel. Question is what would be the harm if i just let them be and raise the humidity next time they shed? I feel like giving them a soak would stress them way more than it help, especailly for the butter pastel that just went on a 4 hr plane ride. But I have also read that stuck shed on the tail tip could cost blood to not flow there causing the tip to die off.

    I would much rather just leaving them along and let them do their things but is that a good idea? would i regret this when next shed comes around they have a layers of stuck shed instead of just one layer right now?

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    It happens, I bump the humidity a bit and throw in a damp paper towel for them to work it off.

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    I would leave the eyecaps, more than likely it will come off next time. You can do more harm than good trying to remove it. As for the tip of the tail, I would get that off, yes it can damage the tip.

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    Use a towel with warm water on it and as the snake is crawling around just gentle hold the tip of its tail and let it pull out of your fingers. After a few times the tip should roll right off. It can cause a big problem if left there. The rest of the stuck shed should be fine until next shed.
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    use a damp paper towel and worked the stuck skin off the tip, now looking at the tip closely it looks kind of creamy and semi transparent, not consistent with the rest of her body color for sure it kind of looks like quills on a baby hedgehog or something. Should I be worry?

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    Can you post us a picture?

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    also the bumblebeed has a little patch on his body that is still pink after shed. I don't use heat rock and my temp in the tub is 80f cool side 90f hot side. should i be worry?

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    nvm i kind of realize how dumb my question is :p

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