Repeated shedding can be caused by injury, parasites and allergies, as far as I know.

Is he showing any signs of having mites at all?

 

No not at all hes light in colour so visability on him is pretty good there literally isnt anything that i can see as to why he is doing it.

 

I would double check for mites and injuries, just to make sure.

What's your setup and husbandry like?

 

general question - im worried about my snake what shall i do? - general answer - take it to a vets? its what theyre there for

is ya snake still eating has it had any change in mood - if everything has stayed the same then you dont know why this is happening then take it to a vet

 

General answer he's been checked over there is no reason for him to be doing this, so Generally I thought I'd ask on a forum where people generally ask questions about things they generally don't understand thinking generally some other owners may have had the same problem and could shed some general light. Thanks anyway though for the insightful advice generally noted!!

 

I had a young corn that was shedding twice a month. I gave it some vitamins, and it went back to a normal shedding schedule.

I used a liquid vitamin for birds. It was named Avitron, made by Lambert-Kaye, and was sold by the local pet store. But any liquid multivitamin designed for dissolving in bird water should work. For an adult corn, I'd put about 4 drops in the belly of a dead mouse and then feed the mouse to the snake. If it helps, I would repeat the dose twice more, with doses spaced a month apart.

Do not use a human vitamin. Mammals can metabolize the vitamin D2 in human vitamins, but birds and reptiles do better with vitamin D3.

I am not a veterinarian, just a long term herper. This treatment may not help, but I've given vitamins to so many corn snakes that I do not believe it will hurt your snake. At worst, you are only out a bit of money.

Good luck.

 

I actually came across this this morning on a different site but never found any other information on it but I will try it thanks

 

Would reptile vitamins not be better or does It need to be birds?

 

As far as I know, most reptile vitamins are aimed at lizards and turtles and have added calcium. Corn snakes eat rodents, which have plenty of calcium in their bones. So more calcium is coal to Newcastle. Also, the calcium to phosphorus ratio in bone is balanced. Extra calcium throws the ratio off balance. At best, the extra calcium simply passes out in the droppings. At worst, extra calcium can lead to gout. So I prefer bird vitamins for corn snakes.

By the way, I have seen snakes with pretty nasty wounds. This includes captive boas that mice have chewed on and wild caught snakes that have lacked a piece of skin an inch across. IMO, going blue four days after a shed is too soon.

 

Okay you have already answered the question. I went back over your posts and you say it has two missing scales from its past injury. Your cornsnake will continue shedding until the scales are replaced or the damage is rectified. The damage may well be very small but until it is correctly healed the snake will continue to have regular sheds until it is rectified. I would not be overly worried as skin problems can take a while to resolve.
To help things along get some 100% Aloe vera no additives or perfumes Boots sell a good product. Rub it onto the damaged area where the scales are missing twice a day and keep on paper until the corn is back to normal. As long as it is feeding well and shedding it will be okay.

 

Well that's a relief I thought it might have been but I was not overly sure and as I said its very odd for him to shed so much the gap were the scales are missing seems to be getting smaller but there is still a clear gap thanks for the reply I'll see what happens after this shed

 

He shed fully again yesterday morning there was 3 lines of hard yellow puss im guessing from just under hes chin no idea why he has no injuries or visable trauma etc. I got some multi vitamin liquid for birds as suggested and put 4 drops on hes mouse tonight he ate hes first one and left the one with vitamins on for a good while because it has an odour but hes belly got the better of him and he ate is so i suppose all i have to do is wait to see if he puts himself back in again straight away? no idea what im expecting to happen or what i should be looking out for after giving him these drops so any advice again is appreciated.

 

He shed fully again yesterday morning there was 3 lines of hard yellow puss im guessing from just under hes chin no idea why he has no injuries or visable trauma etc. .

Have you checked the inside of his mouth for mouth rot?

 

I hope you read the instructions on the multi vitamin drops first as they are usually highly concentrated and require diluting in water. Anyway they would not do anything for the skin problem. Fingers crossed that you have not od your snake. The liquid on it would probably be from the excess lubricant that they produce between old and new skin I would not worry, as I said before until the area around the damaged scales have healed it will continue to shed.

 

Of course i read them and hes fine hes now on day 5 after shedding and no sign of going back in normally hes fully blue by now but hes just normal so hopefully hes sorting himself out he ate again today a jumbo because he was doing what he always does when hes hungry and darting round hes viv he ate hes jumbo no bother now hes digesting hes dinner so i dont think the vitamins done him any harm.