Alexander Is Shedding

[Kaorte]

Good news...I Didn't have a pillowcase. I use throw pillows on the bed. So I grabbed a shirt out of the closet, wet it and microwaved it warm and wrapped him up.............And proceeded to had rub him clean. I just finished. The shirt was too heavy so he didn't move around it like he might have in a pillowcase. You know he really enjoyed it. As I would wipe him you could feel the old skin pop loose when he stretched out.

That horrid dehydrated look was just the old skin puckering. But it can be rather disconcerting after not getting him out for 2 days and you see him look like that all of a sudden. He's nice and shiny and plumped out again. And if it's not my imagination, he literally grew in my hands as I got the old stuff off.

He's curled up around my neck with his head next to my check right now...probably having a wee snooze after all that.

How often can I expect him to shed?


BTW: Yes I still use the side turned aquariums and screens. I guess I will have to use glass panels again and spray down the substrate better. He clearly hates the panels. I think because he sees his reflection in them and thinks it's another snake.

Thanks for all the advice...This is a great forum!

Glad you got the skin off. Next time, I would avoid using anything warm to the touch. Things warm to the touch to us can be uncomfortably warm to your snake. Try lukewarm water instead.

They all grow at different rates so I can't tell you exactly how often he will shed, but expect every month -2 months.

Also, snakes cannot see reflections.