preemptive wet-bagging?

[drache]

Sammy is going into shed - I'm pretty sure
I haven't seen her blue-eyed, but she's totally krinkely
when she came out of brumation, I found that she has some old shed on her neck, that I must have missed
she's been having difficult sheds since her surgery
so I just wet-bagged her
I'm not entirely certain that she'd ready to shed, but I'm willing to see . . .
I'd really like it to happen - she's been looking like a dry old battle ax for a while now

[adamanteus]

It's probably not 'preemptive', Rhea... if she looks 'crinkly' the slough has probably been missed, and needs to come off.

[Lori P]

Good luck, Rhea. Hope Sammy emerges from the bag all bright & shiny for you!!!

[GarterGuy]

Yeh, it's sounding like that's a good idea. Even if she's not ready to shed, bagging her ahead of time won't really hurt her at all.

[Lori P]

It might annoy the heck out of her tho... LOL :-)

[drache]

it has been annoying her a bit
I didn't leave her in the bag as long as I planned, but I've decided to wet-bag her at least once a day until she sheds - I figure it'll make things easier
I'm concerned that the old retained shed on her neck will complicate the next shed
I also got this stuff called "shed away" and I'm rubbing it into the areas I'm worried about
she seems to enjoy the attention

[Lori P]

I like the Shed Away... it's helped the balls and Miriam when they were having rough sheds. I think the aloe and Vit E really helps their skin.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

okay I am sorry to sound like a n00b here, but what the heck is a wet bag???? similar to what i do by soaking them in a chinese take out container i would suppose? I don't really ever see bad sheds here, so i'm not familiar with this wet bagging stuff... lol!

[KITKAT]

okay I am sorry to sound like a n00b here, but what the heck is a wet bag???? similar to what i do by soaking them in a chinese take out container i would suppose? I don't really ever see bad sheds here, so i'm not familiar with this wet bagging stuff... lol!

Wet bagging is the soaking of a pillowcase or some other form of snake bag, in plain water. Then you place the snake in the bag overnight.

My house has humidity problems in the winter, so I wet bag my babies from time to time when they are ready to shed. I use an athetic sock, and close the top with a large rubber band.

[Stefan-A]

I tried to use a wet bag once, made from an old worn-out bed sheet. The damn thing broke right through it during the night. :D And it wasn't even at the seam.

[drache]

I use the rough cotton bags my supplier ships the supers in and some "real" snake bags for the bigger snakes
I don't usually wet-bag over night because I'm worried about the temps getting too low
I like putting the wet bag with the snake in it in a bowl that has a little bit of warm water at the bottom and I expose part of the bowl to a little heat
I monitor a lot because I want the temps to be in a decent range and I want to make sure the bag doesn't dry out
I don't get bad sheds very often, but more often during the colder seasons

Sammy started having a blueish cast to her eyes yesterday
I'll see if I can find the time to take some photos today
she looks amazingly cruddy

[drache]

I guess it worked
here she is fresh out of the bag from her lasr soaking:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2011/2308871454_1811b8d027_b.jpg

needing a bit of rubbing

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2265/2308874650_bbf54ee132_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2134/2308071527_cd132e9965.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3176/2308077633_0c47fc7557_b.jpg

at that point I needed to step in and help pick shed out of that groove where the stitches are, but once I did that, she did the rest by herself