Stuck Shed Issues?

[HugYourDucks]

Shedding should take like 10-20min. You’ll need to assist the animal at this point.


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Agree he needs help at this point- bear in mind that mites cause dehydration (& loss of nutrients too), but mainly dehydration-that's how some snakes die from them- shock & organ failure, etc.

Soaking can be improved upon- snakes hate the loss of traction, mostly. If you have a large enough ventilated plastic container, put a saturated terry towel in there with your snake & let that do most of the work. NEVER pull off dry pieces of skin that's not shedding, it can damage their new skin- wait until it's soft & moist & comes off easily. It mostly takes time, water & patience.

Skin that's supposed to have been shed never gets easier with time- mostly gets dryer & more stuck on. BE SURE his eye-caps come off with the shed, & also the tail tip. Both cause big problems if left on, but be very gentle & patient when helping.

Thank you both! The moment I got Jmcrook's reply, I started prepping to give him a bath. I was able to rub all of his shed off with a damp towel after he soaked for a while.
Thankfully, he took care of his tail tip and eye caps himself, so I just had to get his back. He's all good to go now! (:

(The mites were taken care of by the end of January. Would they actually still have an effect on shedding weeks later??)