Hey guys, I got a little hatchling rough scale python a couple of weeks ago, she is 4 months old now. She has just gone through the first shed since I had her and honestly it wasn't great at all. She went blue and then about 7 days later I began to see the skin on her tail begin to peel. I left her alone for another week beyond that and only a little bit of shed had come off from the tail portion, it was as though she was shedding tail first. The click-clack I've had her in only had 8 holes in it (standard size from soldering iron), the warm side was reading in at 32 and the cooler is towards 26. There were beads of water constantly on the walls and top throughout the entire time.
Over the last few days, I've taken matters into my own hands as she was not progressing the shed at all so I've done a series of soaks both in a water bath and in a wet towel inside her enclosure. I have had to manually roll the shed off with a moistened thumb and essentially had to go backwards from that tail section towards her head (very carefully of course). I've gotten all the shed off so far literally to 1cm behind her head. I am unsure how to go at this stage as I got to that point last night, gave her a spray down at night, and in the morning. Soaked her when I got home and tried a bit more but the shed towards her head was not softening as well as behind (I assume because her head obviously isn't submerged in the water bath). I tried a feed today to see if she would eat and she wrapped a fuzzy several times but ended up dropping it each time.
Any tips on how to get the remaining shed off and if that is the most likely reason she keeps wrapping and dropping a meal? Thanks in advance for your knowledge!
Over the last few days, I've taken matters into my own hands as she was not progressing the shed at all so I've done a series of soaks both in a water bath and in a wet towel inside her enclosure. I have had to manually roll the shed off with a moistened thumb and essentially had to go backwards from that tail section towards her head (very carefully of course). I've gotten all the shed off so far literally to 1cm behind her head. I am unsure how to go at this stage as I got to that point last night, gave her a spray down at night, and in the morning. Soaked her when I got home and tried a bit more but the shed towards her head was not softening as well as behind (I assume because her head obviously isn't submerged in the water bath). I tried a feed today to see if she would eat and she wrapped a fuzzy several times but ended up dropping it each time.
Any tips on how to get the remaining shed off and if that is the most likely reason she keeps wrapping and dropping a meal? Thanks in advance for your knowledge!