Bob Clark -- Thorough and honest REVIEW

[Stewart_Reptiles]

1) Do breeders typically ship snakes while the are in shed? It seems like a bad thing to do, since they need a stress free environment for shedding, as well as access to water, humidity and items to help them get that skin off. Maybe it's just a matter of personal preference, but I know that if I was a breeder, I would wait until the snake was done with its shed, to ensure that he was as healthy as possible before being shipped. I would have at the VERY least, let the buyer know that their snake would be in shed upon arrival, and let them decide if they wanted to ship after the shedding process was complete. Bob did not let me know that he was in shed, so opening his bag and seeing that, was somewhat of a shock.

Yes because trying to schedule a shipment for a customer with a suitable date that fits you, the customer and the snake (shed process lasting 14 days) is just unrealistic and unnecessary, it's just a shed nothing life threatening, the only thing you MUST as a breeder be mindful of is feeding and shipping.

There is no issue sending an animal in shed, I have done it many time over the animal arrive and has a shed during transport or a few day after arrival, no big deal. Now however based on the picture this is not what I would call an animal in shed, this is an animal that had a failed shed due to low humidity (a bit of a difference). Being wrinkly like that with part of the shed missing and the rest stuck is just a bad stuck shed.

A quick fix is get a warm damp towel and let your snake slither through it a few time, put the snake back in the enclosure and provide an ambient humidity of 60% 70%. If the next day there is still some stuck shed use the warm damp towel trick again.