Not very active after PAM treatment

[MyKuLoO]

Well this is weird...the cloudiness has kind of gone away and it didn't shed, I just thought it would. It is noticeable that around the head and neck area she seems to have lost weight there are skin folds. I'm going to feed her again tomorrow but i'm not sure what is going on. Still not moving much.

[shaunyboy]

Originally Posted by MyKuLoO

Well this is weird...the cloudiness has kind of gone away and it didn't shed, I just thought it would. It is noticeable that around the head and neck area she seems to have lost weight there are skin folds. I'm going to feed her again tomorrow but i'm not sure what is going on. Still not moving much.

re eyes
that's what happens during the shedding process mate.....

first their eyes cloud over and blue up,then they clear back up and look pretty normal...

then anything from 2 to 10 days later they shed

you will have a fresh shed soon


re skin folds
DON'T feed her again,the skin folds are the skin that's about to shed

re still not moving around much
she is about to shed and is at the end of the whole shedding process,thats why she's still not moving around like you normally see her

after they shed most of mine sit up the hot end in the same spot and don't move much,if at all for 7 to 14 days,she will pick a spot that suits her needs best and move very little after her shed


cheers shaun

[MyKuLoO]

Originally Posted by shaunyboy

re eyes
that's what happens during the shedding process mate.....

first their eyes cloud over and blue up,then they clear back up and look pretty normal...

then anything from 2 to 10 days later they shed

you will have a fresh shed soon


re skin folds
DON'T feed her again,the skin folds are the skin that's about to shed

re still not moving around much
she is about to shed and is at the end of the whole shedding process,thats why she's still not moving around like you normally see her

after they shed most of mine sit up the hot end in the same spot and don't move much,if at all for 7 to 14 days,she will pick a spot that suits her needs best and move very little after her shed


cheers shaun

Yeah you were right. She had a great shed, almost all 1 piece except for about 3 cm on her tail. but that's coming off too. She was very active afterwards and had a massive bowel movement.

[shaunyboy]

Originally Posted by MyKuLoO

Yeah you were right. She had a great shed, almost all 1 piece except for about 3 cm on her tail. but that's coming off too. She was very active afterwards and had a massive bowel movement.

always make sure that the eye caps and the tip of the tail sheds correctly mate

especially the tip of the tail,sometimes if the end few centimeters of shed does not come off it restricts the blood flow eo the tail tip,this can cause the tip to die and drop off

if the tail tip does not shed,just give the snake a quick soak in the bath,then peel or pick the shed off carefully with your finger nails,break the shed skin length wise from head to tail tip direction

i'm happy to hear you've now relaxed a little and the shed went well

a lot of the time they will poo in the shed,making it a lot easier to clean things up


cheers shaun

[MyKuLoO]

Originally Posted by shaunyboy

always make sure that the eye caps and the tip of the tail sheds correctly mate

especially the tip of the tail,sometimes if the end few centimeters of shed does not come off it restricts the blood flow eo the tail tip,this can cause the tip to die and drop off

if the tail tip does not shed,just give the snake a quick soak in the bath,then peel or pick the shed off carefully with your finger nails,break the shed skin length wise from head to tail tip direction

i'm happy to hear you've now relaxed a little and the shed went well

a lot of the time they will poo in the shed,making it a lot easier to clean things up


cheers shaun

Ya I was worried that the tail tip didn't come off with the large piece but I wanted to give it a day or 2 cause my snake was actively rubbing its tail around and managed to break most of it. Just now I used some warm water and my hand and I was able to invert the skin and get it to slip off.

How do I get stuck eye caps off? sounds like it would be painful

[shaunyboy]

Originally Posted by MyKuLoO

Ya I was worried that the tail tip didn't come off with the large piece but I wanted to give it a day or 2 cause my snake was actively rubbing its tail around and managed to break most of it. Just now I used some warm water and my hand and I was able to invert the skin and get it to slip off.

How do I get stuck eye caps off? sounds like it would be painful

re eye caps
it's best to use a water based lubricant,like KY Jelly or Viscotears that's used for dry human eyes

you put a blob of the lubricant on the stuck eye cap,then it rehydrates the stuck cap allowing it to come off...

NEVER rub at eye caps as you can scratch the eye lenses


cheers shaun