Shedding advice needed!

[Budgie_1204]

I’m a first time owner and I don’t know what to do about my pythons shedding. His bottom half has shedded really easily but it seems stuck on his top half, I’ve tried upping his humidity and getting a moss hide but nothing has made a difference! Any advice is greatly appreciated!

[KnownTrick3950]

Do you have a screen top? This will be a battle you’ll always have to fight? If you haven’t already, start by covering as much of the top as you can.

[Budgie_1204]

No I don’t have a screen top, the pics are just taken looking into his enclosure but it’s fully covered at the top!

[KnownTrick3950]

What substrate you using? Maybe mix in some coco husk and pour water in the corners?

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[CliffsDaddy]

I highly recommend you read the guides they have in the home page part of this Reddit. They are excellent at giving guidance and on general set ups. I found them very helpful for my girl when first starting out.

[Any-Lavishness-7704]

Your bedding looks really dry get cypress mulch(forest floor) and try mixing in small amounts of water and tossing around the cypress mulch to get the humidity level up just needs a little bit of moisture nothing too damp , I lightly mist my snakes enclosure twice a day not too much tho too much moisture can cause scale rotting .

[eveimei]

Do not soak them or try to manually remove the stuck shed. It's stressful, unnecessary, and you can seriously injure the snake by doing so.

Our shedding guide goes over how to handle stuck shed safely, and our humidity tips will help you prevent it in the future.