Help..... whats going on!

[Waterrat]

Rather than pealing the skin off, put her into a wet, soggy bag (use warm water, not cold) over night, it may come off easily without stressing the snake.

 

[jedi_339]

Rather than pealing the skin off, put her into a wet, soggy bag (use warm water, not cold) over night, it may come off easily without stressing the snake.

As a point to make/question, isn't it also important to make sure the bag isn't too soggy that air can still get through the material?

 

[87batesy]

Thanks man sounds like a great idea ill give it a shot...... thankyou to everyone else for the support

 

[Waterrat]

As a point to make/question, isn't it also important to make sure the bag isn't too soggy that air can still get through the material?

Yes, good point. I would suspend the bottom of the bag (with the snake in it) into a bucket with 3-4cm of water in it and hang the rest of the bag over the edge of the bucket. The bag will slowly soak up the water but it should be alright just over night.

 

[DeadCricket]

Humidity could be an issue. A night in a click clack with a heat source under a water dish normally does the job. Do you have something rough enough for your snake to rub against to start the shed?

Assisted shedding normally starts by doing the head and then letting the snake take over. I normally try and only peel with the scales as it seems to bother them less than against.

Be VERY careful near the eyes, the lense piece left on until next shed is better than the damage you can cause taking it off.

 

[Reptilefreak95]

alrighty, well, lets start with the basics then, if people keep telling u shes dehydrated/starving to death or whatever, its gonna be blown out of proportion. tell us what her set up is like, dpes she have readily available fresh water? what are the temperatures at the basking end and the cool end? whats the ambient temp? whats the humidity? when did she last feed? nad have u noticed her drinking?
Please nobody troll, somebody has a not-so-well snake and they neede the problem fixed. just answer these Q's and then go from there.
Thanks,
Ryan

 

[saximus]

alrighty, well, lets start with the basics then, if people keep telling u shes dehydrated/starving to death or whatever, its gonna be blown out of proportion. tell us what her set up is like, dpes she have readily available fresh water? what are the temperatures at the basking end and the cool end? whats the ambient temp? whats the humidity? when did she last feed? nad have u noticed her drinking?
Please nobody troll, somebody has a not-so-well snake and they neede the problem fixed. just answer these Q's and then go from there.
Thanks,
Ryan

What are you talking about? It's already been established that it was a bad shed

 

[Darlyn]

What are you talking about? It's already been established that it was a bad shed

Has it?
It may have had a bad shed but that looks more indepth than the outer layer of skin to me. It does look dehydrated.
Another thing is pics are taken outside is there a chance there were chemicals on the grass? Or she may have been
bitten by something? Sorry, but to me that looks more than loose skin due to an upcoming shed.

 

[Wookie]

Personally it doesn't look emaciated to me. Though it also doesn't look like just a superficial skin condition.

 

[notechistiger]

My coastals do that every time they shed, and they usually have perfect sheds (except for the most recent one in just one of them). If I'm ever worried about dehydration, I'll let them soak in a shallow bath of luke warm water for a bit.

 

[87batesy]

To all the people still concerned it was a just a bad shed got all the skin off and she looks normal again!

 

[mysnakesau]

Its always a relief to see them back to normal . Good on ya, you did well. I hope you don't mind, but I am going to add a little story, just to help you keep your observations on alert with your fella, especially where shedding is concerned

I just want to ask, did you know he was getting ready to shed any old time, or did you miss the signs - milky eyes, dull colour etc? I'm only asking because I hope you don't miss it too often in the future. I lost a snake nearly a year ago, showing same skin-look to your fella - wrinkly round the neck, felt dry, looked anorexic and never showed any signs of going into shed. I'd only had her for 4 months when, coming out of winter I noticed she was blowing bubbles, and drinking a phenominal amount of water. Took her to the vet who gave her fortem for RI, but was also very concerned about her looking extremely dehydrated. She was hospitalized for 2 weeks. She continued drinking excessive amounts of water and went into shed while in the vet's care. He assist shed 5 layers of skin off her. Underneath all that skin, which was totally invisible above, she was covered in sores from scale rot. The fortem which was administered for RI must have killed off bacteria from the sores, as they appeared clean, so he sent her home with a spray I had to apply to her twice a day. Five days later she was dead. Autopsy revealed the fortem only took the edge of bacterial spread. Those sores had gone probably over a year, un-noticed, therefore untreated and gave the bacteria plenty of time to spread. Her trachea was absolutely choked with infection.

This is a very rare case of bad shedding issues, which was caused by very poor husbandry, and very dry environoment. Come to my place she was in an aviary with a half wine barrel full of water, higher humid environment, but the vet said she was already on death's door before I brought her home. Had we picked up the scale rot, the fortem would not have been able to kill what she had in her, before it killed her, which it did.

Don't panic, don't freak out. Just look after your snake, and assist with their shed times with ample water, misting, humidity, and make sure they actually shed. Too easy to prevent this. Even if you miss the signs, just looking after them, and keeping an eye on them will still prevent these things happening.

 

[DeadCricket]

Good to hear everything is well!

Sad story though. I always like to meet the previous owner of my snakes, chat with them, see what they know, how much feeding/shedding history they can give me off the top of their head. See the enclosure, handle the snake, check out their other snakes. I'm lucky in as much as so far, i've only had dealings with some great herp lovers. Touch wood

 

[87batesy]

What she looks like today

Peeling off the skin off her head

 

[mysnakesau]

She looks beautiful. When it comes to peeling the skin off them, especially round their head, your attempts should be done directly after soaking them. While the skin is moist, the skin will lift off much easier than when its dry.