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    Re: Shedding Issue?

    Quote Originally Posted by wendhend View Post
    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.
    Last edited by KatStoverReptiles; 05-29-2012 at 05:14 PM.

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