Quote Originally Posted by Vipera Berus View Post
I might have been doing it wrong but I always took lukewarm water and let them soak in that while changing the water out if it started to get cold.

I took a tub I used to get my bp adjusted to larger enclosures and added a towel and then added lukewarm water and then the snake. After I finished letting the snake soak I used the towel to gently rub all over the snake starting from the head. Its worked wonders on every snake I've ever owned.
Soaking seems to be more 'prevalent' in the UK by all accounts .... anyways it works a treat for getting any stubborn shed off and also for retained eye-caps . It 's also brilliant for dehydrated or partly dehydrated snakes.

It's not something I do as a regular thing but when I've needed to I've followed your procedure but when I'm drying them off I let them wriggle about inside the "rough textured" towel and apply very gentle pressure to wherever the stubborn patch of skin is - works a treat on retained eye-caps as mentioned .


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