Zena shed today and it was not an easy one. First the end of her tail started, then small holes in the center started. She looked like she was wearing a loose fitting pant leg but the head seemed to be tight. I watched her open her mouth like a yawn, but I think she was trying to loosen the skin, then she did slow rubbing laps in her cage. I put her in the warm moist hide this morning for about 30 min then back into her cage. I came home and found lots of pieces parts of shed in the cage, but the head was still attached, loose, but still attached. So I "helped" with the removal. I held her head down and very slowly started to peel the skin, neck to nose since it was not loose any where else. I saw both eye caps come off, and then checked her out with a lighted magnifying glass. Not sure why all the issues since the cage humidity stays 50-60%, there is also a moist hide in there all the time but I have not seen her go into it. She also does not soak in the dish, none of mine do. When I do put them in water, be it their dishes or the tub they seen to hate it and just want out. If in the tube they head for the float I have in there for them. I guess they didn't get the memo on being water snakes. After all this she was breathing kind of hard and was kind of, sort of wheezing, or maybe more like a whistling sound, then stopped once she calmed down. She's got a 10 am appointment tomorrow at the Vet.

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