My boa has been in shed for the past several days and I came home today to find that she had shed in one piece but the entire thing is stuck to the end of her tail. Basically, there is a thin strip of shed skin attached to the end of her tail (the tail part of her shed skin), and that is attached to a big ball of shed skin, which is the rest of the body. Now, I sprayed some water onto it, but I didn't get her out of the tub because she started hissing at me. She didn't get into a defensive pose and start striking, but she was hissing somewhat when I was moving her (with a snake hook).
What should I do? Should I try to get her out anyway and run her tail through a damp wash cloth to try to get the shed off? I hope this aggression isn't going to be a recurring thing with her, because no one likes an angry adult boa (mine is a baby, though). Should I just wait until tomorrow to try to get her out again? She also hissed at me a couple days ago when she was still in shed and I was lifting up her hide to mist her.
I got a red tail boa because I wanted a big, tame snake.
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