I was spraying reptile tanks tonight and noticed Xena had a stuck on eye cap from her last shed. Of course that had to be taken care of. We hung out for awhile.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.When the snakes I used to have had that issue now and then, I put that one in a big soup pot full of warm water - with the top on , so they could soak it loose. I always half hoped someone would come in and see the snake in the pot !
evergreen
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Jan 23, 2019
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Xena has a heated pool in her tank so usually shedding isn't a problem. Brazilian rainbows are swimmers and they love submerging themselves in a pool of water (even their head under water). They need crazy humidity levels, like 85-95%, and this being Alberta in winter, it's definitely not tropical rainforest. I usually do a sauna in a critter keeper (with paper towels soaked in warm water) for the other snake species. Stuck on eye caps though you have to work on manually because they rarely would come off on their own. Working on the head area of a wiggly snake while you're holding the snake can be a bit of a challenge. LOL.
@evergreen Xena and Thor were my first snakes ever. My SO brought them home without telling me we were getting snakes (he had previous snakes but not brazilian rainbows). Took a month to figure out what works for their set up. They were just the size of a pencil then. LOL. They haven't been too bad when it comes to shedding issues, with the random stuck bits now and then. Eye cap issues are also rare, considering I'm mom to 16 snakes. I think I've had to deal with 3 or 4 in the last 12 years. My day gecko Gumby though has always been problematic with sheds and nothing I've done seems to be working in the last 5 years. She would have amazing clean sheds, then all of a sudden really terrible sheds. Her skin is like chiffon, extremely loose and delicate. Getting stuck skin off of her is not my favourite activity.
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