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[truthsdeceit]

Does your local water have a high chlorine concentration?

When I got my first ball he had a bad shed and despite misting and soaking it kept getting worse every time. I finally just stopped and it got better on it's own. I believe that the chlorine in the water was drying his skin out worse instead of helping.

You may want to try giving her a rest for a shed cycle to see if she takes care of herself. Or pay for bottled water for her soaks for a cycle to see if it makes a difference.

[blackcrystal22]

Does your local water have a high chlorine concentration?

When I got my first ball he had a bad shed and despite misting and soaking it kept getting worse every time. I finally just stopped and it got better on it's own. I believe that the chlorine in the water was drying his skin out worse instead of helping.

You may want to try giving her a rest for a shed cycle to see if she takes care of herself. Or pay for bottled water for her soaks for a cycle to see if it makes a difference.

If you soak before the shed it can make it worse, but I've only seen it get better after they've had difficulty getting the rest off. :]

[truthsdeceit]

If you soak before the shed it can make it worse, but I've only seen it get better after they've had difficulty getting the rest off. :]

In my experience it made it worse overall. His first shed with me left a small piece stuck and mostly came off whole. So I removed the stuck shed using a warm wet wash cloth. The next time he shed that entire area stuck so he got a soak. The next time he had stuck shed everywhere and the rest come off in tiny pieces like confetti and warranted another soak. The next one was much the same and after a harrowing experience for both of us where I helped get his eyecaps off I decided to give him a rest.

His next shed was bad as expected but it does eventually come off on it's own (i made sure his tail tip and eyecaps where not posing a danger).. The next shed after that one was one hundred times better. a little piece stuck to his back the the shed was mostly in one piece. I swear it was the chlorine.
Or a miracle.

Sorry for the long post. Anyways point is if all your husbandry is correct, including your humidity you may want to consider the soaks as the problem.

[ThyTempest]

Does your local water have a high chlorine concentration?

When I got my first ball he had a bad shed and despite misting and soaking it kept getting worse every time. I finally just stopped and it got better on it's own. I believe that the chlorine in the water was drying his skin out worse instead of helping.

You may want to try giving her a rest for a shed cycle to see if she takes care of herself. Or pay for bottled water for her soaks for a cycle to see if it makes a difference.

If this is the case, buy a water dechlorinator. Another option is to leave water our in the sun for about 2 days. This reacts with all the chlorine radicals and, ot make a long story short, makes it safe for your snake.