Shedding Issue?

[G11825]

Normal BP
Born: 4/5/12
Brought Home: 5/15/12

Noticed duller colors, then pinkish belly and cloudy eyes, he ate last on Fri that just pasted. He's been mainly In his hides for past two weeks but yesterday I noticed him going in circles inside his warm side hide n I noticed a piece of shed under the hide rotating along with him. Later that nite I saw a piece of shed (very small) outside the hide n he had moved to the cool side. I just figured it got caught under hide while he was rotating and broke off. Now this afternoon I see him again rotating inside the other Hide and another very small piece outside that hide.

What should I do?

Temps: warm side 85-92
Cool Side 75-86

Last two guess on the high spider ohm both sides.

Humidity had been between 48 - 70. Last few days above 60

Any help would be appreciated

[Skittles1101]

That is VERY difficult to understand what you're asking for! I'm going to assume you are having a stuck shed problem.

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[wendhend]

I also think it sound like a stuck shed problem. An easy way to get it off is to place him in a soaking wet pillow case with the opening secured and to let him slither around in there for a couple of hours. If he is pretty active, he will probably get the stuck shed off by himself. If he just sits there in the pillow case, at least the moisture will loosen the stuck skin, so that you can gently rub it off with a wet washcloth after he is done soaking in the pillow case. It seems to work much better than soaking like a bath, and it gets the stuck eye caps off as well. Good luck!

[KatStoverReptiles]

I also think it sound like a stuck shed problem. An easy way to get it off is to place him in a soaking wet pillow case with the opening secured and to let him slither around in there for a couple of hours. If he is pretty active, he will probably get the stuck shed off by himself. If he just sits there in the pillow case, at least the moisture will loosen the stuck skin, so that you can gently rub it off with a wet washcloth after he is done soaking in the pillow case. It seems to work much better than soaking like a bath, and it gets the stuck eye caps off as well. Good luck!

I would go for a very damp (not dripping) pillowcase over a soaking wet one. When you soak cotton fibers they swell up and I would worry about him not being able to breathe inside the pillowcase. You can also place the pillowcase inside the enclosure on the warm side. The heat plus the moisture will help loosen the stuck shed.

[wendhend]

I would go for a very damp (not dripping) pillowcase over a soaking wet one. When you soak cotton fibers they swell up and I would worry about him not being able to breathe inside the pillowcase. You can also place the pillowcase inside the enclosure on the warm side. The heat plus the moisture will help loosen the stuck shed.

They really don't have any trouble breathing in a soaking wet pillow case. If you set them up in it in the bathtub or shower, any excess water just drips out and goes down the drain, and you end up with a damp pillow case in the end. I have even left snakes in wet pillow cases overnight on occasion, and they are always fine. Of course it's best to keep their humidity high enough to prevent stuck sheds in the first place, but it's a pretty easy fix if you do get one.