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Bertie
Egg

United Kingdom
62 Posts

Posted - 20/06/2014 : 00:15:22

Need ur help guys/gals.
Stanlee has got a sticker on himself from the artificial plant in his viv.

Only noticed it when about to feed him, so don't want to disturb him just yet. Can I just peel it off him or would that hurt him?
Sorry to those who have read this on IV site but I'm not sure which one is more popular! Any advice welcome and thanks in advance

0.1.0 CB 2013 Carolina c[URL=http://s1258.photobucket.com/user/bertie_beemer/media/7c0543bd-67a1-4dd6-8f7f-d9a22eb143b0_zps7ad92e8d.jpg.html]

[/URL]orn (Stanlee)

Razee
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
2525 Posts

Posted - 20/06/2014 : 08:16:07

How badly is it stuck, and where? You have to be very, very careful not to take his skin off as well. Best if someone else holds him, then you can use a cotton bud soaked in olive oil to try and soak it off, if it's stuck down hard. If it's stuck very lightly, just gently take it off. If your snake is a hatchling, they have such a delicate skin, it'd be easy to do lots of damage. Do you have a good breeder/ good pet shop near you that could help? Or you could post a photo later, it might give us a better idea...

If you've only just fed him, you might have to leave him to digest, it will be quite stressful for the little chap, and he could regurgitate, if you tried too early. Good luck with it.

0.1.0 late CB10 Carolina corn snake - Bazilishka
1.0.0 CB11 Abbots Okeetee- Little Twiddler
1.0.0 CB11 Hypo corn- Sebastianek
1.0.0. CB14 Butter Motley - Squidwood
0.0.2 CB18 normal/ Okeetee yearlings Bunny and Lalalishka
0.0.1 hognose
0.1.0 stable cat
0.1.0 house cat

Isoldael
Yearling

Netherlands
999 Posts

Posted - 20/06/2014 : 09:04:51

Would also agree trying to soak it to make it come off more easily. It's all too easy to rip their skin off, even with a silly sticker...

1.0 anery stripe (Nash)
1.0 hypo pewter (Loki)
1.0 bloodred het amel, charcoal, hypo, stripe 50% phet anery, lavender (Kasumi)
0.1 grey background normal het amel (Saphira)
0.1 tessera het amel, anery, stripe (Lilith)
0.1 amel (Aurora)
0.1 hypo bloodred het anery, charcoal, stripe 50% phet amel, lavender (Mara)

Bertie
Egg

United Kingdom
62 Posts

Posted - 20/06/2014 : 23:53:26

hi Razee and Isoldael. rang the reptile shop where I got him from. they advised a luke warm bath first to help....did this and managed to get the paper bit off.still a little sticky but will bath him again tomorrow. Razee I only noticed it when lifting him out to feed so didn't want to poke at him then and waited until 24 hrs had passed until I put him in the bath. he loved the water and hasn't fallen out with me yet lol it could only have came off the artificial plant so I^ll know to look out for them in future :)thanks for ur advise ladies :)

0.1.0 CB 2013 Carolina c[URL=http://s1258.photobucket.com/user/bertie_beemer/media/7c0543bd-67a1-4dd6-8f7f-d9a22eb143b0_zps7ad92e8d.jpg.html]

[/URL]orn (Stanlee)

Kellog
the nice one

United Kingdom
7308 Posts

Posted - 21/06/2014 : 10:51:45

I'm glad you managed to get part of it off Bertie. Hopefully another lukewarm bath will help get rid of the rest of the sticky.

One point, I notice you say that you waited until 24hrs after he'd fed before bathing him. Normally we'd advise that you wait 48hrs after a feed before handling, giving them time to digest fully.

Please let us know how you get on.

Xxx