Quote Originally Posted by Lord Sorril View Post
You have a great handle on the situation.

I would bump the temperature on the cool side to 80 degrees.

If both snakes came from the same person/group: the fact that one is in much better condition than the other suggests that there is an issue with the snake with the stuck shed. My guess would be that she is a non-eater and probably still requires assist feeding (that hasn't been performed by the previous owners).

1. The male does not look Enchi to me. I see traits that are sort of Enchi-ish (minimal blushing/odd banding), but, not quite.
2. I would watch for blood in urates or constipation indicating a blockage.
3. I would place a large water bowl partly over the UTH, and let her settle in. For the shed: I would toss her in the water bowl daily until she gets the shed off. I wouldn't force her to soak in the water or try and pull off the shed.
4. I would offer her a live mouse hopper (once her shed is off). If she refused: I would kill the mouse and assist feed.

These are all just suggestions based on the information presented: Best of Luck!
Thanks for the suggestions and the vote of confidence! This is the first one I've had to deal with that came with more than a shed-in-transit situation, so the reassurance is good.

The cool temp is the best I can manage while it is so cold outside with what I have available. It is probably more like 75 night & 77 day, but those numbers were from last night. That room fluctuates a bit day to night, so I imagine that same 2 degree flux will happen to the tubs. All my other heat equipment is tied up with my main group because yay winter. I'll see if hanging a blanket/towel down the front holds in more heat since the rest is already enclosed for a few days and if not see if I can get another heat source to add. It would be ideal to avoid CHE, since it really does dry out our house and would be a bad combo for a girl who already had the stuck shed issues.

I'm not sure how long they had the female for, the male they've had 4+ months I think, but the girl less. They said she always sheds bad in same conditions as the boy, so I assume they had her for 2 sheds minimum. So maybe as little as a month. I'd guess probably 2 months & 3 sheds? Can't be sure though, and one of them was in the last week.

They don't have a reason to lie on if she was eating or not, so I'm pretty sure she is taking the live, but I will definitely take that into consideration. I'm guessing they may have been giving her mouse hoppers or fuzzies to explain the lower weight, or the boy stealing her meals. I've not needed to assist feed, so I'm really hopeful she will go for it on her own. If not, I have seen video guides and have a decent idea what needs to be done.

I'm not counting on either being morphs and after his next shed, I will see if I can get good pics of the coloring then. If he is a normal, then he's got some really nice gold coloration. I'll probably put them up in a morph ID thread once I get better ones and see what everyone else thinks too.

From the state of her shed after 6 hours in the humid tub (just slightly damp paper towels and a water bowl), it was very soft and some of it wiped off on my hand when I examined her in the morning, so I think it will come off on it's own pretty easily. I will watch for her waste, though I don't think she has any saved up, so may not see anything till her next meal.

Do you think it is possible her tongue flick/lack of it coming fully out of her mouth could be just stress or being cool from the car ride last night? Or is that just wishful thinking? I'm really hoping it isn't anything super serious, the poor baby.

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