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    Re: Can anyone please help?!?

    I'm not sure you have grasped the severity of this situation. A RETAINED SHED CAN KILL A SNAKE! Get it off NOW. Forget the food or anything else you have going on and attend to the snake.
    I'm sorry to be so blunt but this is life or death to this snake.
    No disrespect intended.
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    Re: Can anyone please help?!?

    Guidofatherof5 no offence, but I am VERY aware of this situation and in the MANY years of caring and breeding snakes as I have had, (30+ years to be exact), I know what this can lead to. I also know this situation could also be caused internally and not just from simple humidity issue. What YOU are not considering in her current state if she were to regurgitate any of her food it can kill her much faster than the current retained shed issue. I’ve delt with several reptile health issues over the years and there is one thing they ALL have in common, if they don’t have the strength and nutrition they WILL die no matter what you do for them or drug you inject into them. That being said she is doing better and more alert as of this morning. Tonight her food should be digested enough to proceed with methods mentioned to remove the remaining shed. I will however get her to a point so that when the next shed comes she should be able to get it past her heart and lung regions and then I can help her with the remaining 1/3rd of her body to tail.
    I will update you guys tomorrow and thank you for keeping up with her progress.

    SnakeDoctor Jay Weaver


    Quote Originally Posted by guidofatherof5 View Post
    I'm not sure you have grasped the severity of this situation. A RETAINED SHED CAN KILL A SNAKE! Get it off NOW. Forget the food or anything else you have going on and attend to the snake.
    I'm sorry to be so blunt but this is life or death to this snake.
    No disrespect intended.

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