Quote Originally Posted by Slim View Post
I can't tell you how many posts I've seen over the years that say, "I try to keep my humidity up when my snakes go into shed". By that time, it's like closing the barn door after the cows are already out. The key to a good shed is to maintain the humidity at recommended levels at all times.

What do you think you're accomplishing by putting aloe vera on your snakes? I've never heard of this trick before...I'm thinking there's probably a reason why I've never heard of it, but I'm always looking to learn new things.

I'm glad you advise VERY STRONGLY AGAINST USING TWEEZERS on your snake's retained eye caps. I would further advise not to mess with your snake's retained eye caps in ANY way what so ever. Really really bad things can happen when you do anything to muck around with eye caps. If you're having that many problems with retained eye caps, you should really take a hard look at your husbandry.



Well as i have been collecting snakes since November 2015 and now own 10 and each snake has a rough shed after transport due to stress and adjusting i am assuming they have a rough time with their shed EVERY time,as I read that earlier and thought there must be something to that? Hmmm, so 10 new snakes in 4 months I think I am going to come across a difficult dry stressed shed Ummmm often? so because I do TONS of research on things that matter to me I went and did a simple easy little tiny google search on DIY reptile shed aid, you will be amazed at how many other snake owners love their snakes like I do and research so they can know what they are spraying onto their beautiful animals instead of trusting some silly industry to do the work for them...my husbandry will ALWAYS be improving because i do not pretend to know all ways to skin a snake tho I love my animals, and i am not willing to wait for 2 sheds to make sure my snakes can see and stress him/her out further, as I KNOW HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY REMOVE THEM...without harm or danger to the animal...not one has suffered as a result of my love and care, being a mother of 7 children, you learn QUICKLY and WELL how to think about the safety of what you love...and if my snake was out in the wild and scrubbing his/her face on things to remove his eyecaps I am relatively certain a bath a few mists with aloe water and a rub with terrycloth isn't going to blind him...Just sayin...maybe your snakes could use a lil more love and affection? what i have learned i have learned in 4 months and i am LOVEING EVERY Minute OF IT and my snakes are fat, precious and loving babies...just remember RESEARCH GOES A LONG WAY!!! if i have REAL concerns i go to REAL breeders, like Underground and Bob Clark or my Vet with MY real concerns however when it is something little I RESEARCH, i know that is a new concept to this generation but you can't get all you need from a forum tho some of the ideas are AWESOME... and some not so much help... so some of us like to contribute to the forum what wonders we have learned and others just want to make drama so go to fb to create your dram cause it shouldn't live here.