Stuck shed patches.

dannybgoode · 09-07-17, 10:51 PM

Damp towel - let it slither through a few times until it's off. Prepare to be tagged a few times!

Scrubs often shed has until you get the humidity dialled in.

TeamSlitherin · 09-07-17, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by dannybgoode

Damp towel - let it slither through a few times until it's off. Prepare to be tagged a few times!

Scrubs often shed has until you get the humidity dialled in.

Surprisingly, he let me do that to remove the skin over 2/3 of his body without a fuss! He is shockingly good-tempered (when outside the viv). He just tagged me for the first time last night, and to be fair, I was being disrespectful. On the note of humidity - which is most assuredly not dialed in - how high do you think it should be for him? I'm having the hardest time getting his 36x18x12 enclosure above 55%. I'm using a jungle mix substrate, tons of sphagnum moss, a big water dish under the CHE, covered 85% of the screen top...I mist 3x a day. It just dries out so fast!

Scubadiver59 · 09-08-17, 02:25 AM

What substrate are you using? A mix of something like coconut husk (ZooMed EcoEarth) and cypress (ZooMed Forest Floor) can be dampened well due to its mold/mildew resistance and this will provide extra humidity. Also what are you using to seal the screen top with?

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Originally Posted by TeamSlitherin

Surprisingly, he let me do that to remove the skin over 2/3 of his body without a fuss! He is shockingly good-tempered (when outside the viv). He just tagged me for the first time last night, and to be fair, I was being disrespectful. On the note of humidity - which is most assuredly not dialed in - how high do you think it should be for him? I'm having the hardest time getting his 36x18x12 enclosure above 55%. I'm using a jungle mix substrate, tons of sphagnum moss, a big water dish under the CHE, covered 85% of the screen top...I mist 3x a day. It just dries out so fast!

TeamSlitherin · 09-08-17, 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Scubadiver59

What substrate are you using? A mix of something like coconut husk (ZooMed EcoEarth) and cypress (ZooMed Forest Floor) can be dampened well due to its mold/mildew resistance and this will provide extra humidity. Also what are you using to seal the screen top with?

I'm using Jungle Mix and lots of sphagnum moss. And, oddly, I covered the screen top with packing tape. Someone on the forum mentioned doing that awhile back, so I tried it with my Dumeril's enclosure and it fixed our initial humidity problems. Think I should try something else?