Cuddles!

[EasternGirl]

For Hermes I just use a little tupperware container...like a sandwich size with enough water that he can submerge himself, but that he can lift his head out of...it may take a little getting used to. But...he may not like it...Cee Cee and Seeley get too freaked out. Hermes likes to swim in little intervals...then he gets out. I usually put the container down on a towel for him and let him in for a swim and let him climb out and explore around a bit...then I put him back in...let him explore a bit, and so on. I do that for about ten minutes every couple of days or so...it's his playtime.

[acovert]

I may do it once a week just so he has a chance to get into contact with some water. If he hates it, I won't push it, but I think it would be good for his skin.

I'm actually amused at how he sat on top of the water - floating - all curled up like he was in the picture. He was like that for a couple of minutes.

[EasternGirl]

Yeah...he may not have known what to do with water...maybe he has never experienced it in the sense of swimming before. Have you ever seen him swim around his water dish or soak in it?

[acovert]

I've never seen him swim in it except for when he was catching fish. Maybe if I get him used to it, he'll learn. He may never like it. I may try to soak him every once in a while for his skin, though.

Speaking of skin, I checked him this morning and those spots appear to be gone. I'll check him daily to make sure they don't come back, just to be sure. But he's looking happy and healthy today.

[chris-uk]

Probably just a couple of small patches of shed then. When he sheds next inspect the shed carefully to check for any holes or tears. Eyecaps and tail are the first bits of a shed that I check, then I run down the whole shed from head to tail looking for holes.

[kimbosaur]

Searching the term "flakes" brought me here. Were they anything like this:

http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/gene...aking-off.html

I just noticed it yesterday/today on my snake.

[acovert]

Actually, yes, it did look a bit like that. Whatever it was, it's off now. Thirty minutes in the shed box and a long swim helped a lot.

I did check the shed when I found it and I didn't see any holes or missing patches. It's possible they were small enough that I missed them. My eyesight isn't great.

[EasternGirl]

Kimberly...do you notice your albino looking more yellowish when it is about to shed? Hermes is due to shed soon and he looks yellowish to me. I noticed your albino had a bit of a yellowish tint in the pics you had up...is that normal for albinos? Does that become more prominent before a shed?

Ashley, I'm glad that Cuddles skin looks better now.

[kimbosaur]

Marnie, it's funny you should say that because I was thinking that she was looking a bit more pale than normal! She's always been very yellow. I have noticed it in her eyes before a shed. They're not as red and almost tinted or muted.

[EasternGirl]

Okay, well thanks...that is good to know...maybe Hermes is just starting to develop the yellow tones since he is so young. I just wanted to make sure there wasn't anything wrong with him! (Sorry, Ashley to steal your thread there for a minute!)