Hi everyone,
My woma has has a few sheds with me now, and they all have been really bad. Ive taken a look and fixed any husbandry issues, made sure temps are right, given him/her a bigger water bowl and put it in the warm end while he's in shed. will be getting a hygrometer asap. This last time I misted the tank lightly, but once again he had a really cr@ppy shed. he had bits hanging off his head, his body hadn't shed at all after about 1cm behind his head, his eye caps were both still on. So I said righto Alice, into your tub. and after soaking him for a while, and a combined team effort, he's now all gorgeous with no retained shed, including eye caps.
But my question is, is bad shedding a common thing for woma's? I have 3 other snakes, and have never had an issue. Or are some snakes just prone to it? He just seems like he's not good at it. and absolutely hates being soaked. He hisses and mouth gapes and I hate stressing him out, especially if its something i'm missing. Thanks in advance, Rach
My woma has has a few sheds with me now, and they all have been really bad. Ive taken a look and fixed any husbandry issues, made sure temps are right, given him/her a bigger water bowl and put it in the warm end while he's in shed. will be getting a hygrometer asap. This last time I misted the tank lightly, but once again he had a really cr@ppy shed. he had bits hanging off his head, his body hadn't shed at all after about 1cm behind his head, his eye caps were both still on. So I said righto Alice, into your tub. and after soaking him for a while, and a combined team effort, he's now all gorgeous with no retained shed, including eye caps.
But my question is, is bad shedding a common thing for woma's? I have 3 other snakes, and have never had an issue. Or are some snakes just prone to it? He just seems like he's not good at it. and absolutely hates being soaked. He hisses and mouth gapes and I hate stressing him out, especially if its something i'm missing. Thanks in advance, Rach