Q: When your snake begins shedding, you'll notice flakes of skin beginning to come off. During this time, add a warm basin of water to your snake's cage. You can help your snake shed by placing a basin of warm water inside its enclosure. Your snake will be able to bath in the water, allowing its skin to come off more easily. Pick a basin that is big enough to hold your snake's entire body. Add enough water that your snake can get its entire body wet. However, do not add so much water that your snake will be submerged under water when it enters the basin. Snakes can also rub skin off by crawling over coarse material. Uneven materials, like tree branches and stones, can be very helpful to shedding snakes. You can also use patches of tree bark, pine cones, and other coarse materials you find outside. If your snake is rubbing its nose against objects in the cage, it is trying to get its skin off during the shedding process. If you notice your snake doing this, it is particularly important that you add coarse materials to your snake's cage. If your snake is struggling to shed on its own, you may have to assist. Get several layers of paper towels damp. Then, remove your snake from its shed and place it between the towels. Allow your snake to crawl and squirm between the towels. The combination of humidity and friction should help remove excess skin. After your snake completes shedding, you will notice excess skin throughout the cage. Skin may appear in small, crumpled piles. It may also be in dry and tube like sections throughout the cage. Remove any excess skin from the cage after your snake finishes shedding. Snakes frequently defecate after the shedding process. Use gloves when cleaning the cage, as you may have to pick up fecal matter as well. Snakes often consume large quantities of water after shedding. Keep an eye on your snake's water dish. Make sure you refill it frequently after your snake finishes shedding. It is not unusual that you will find yourself refilling the water dish more than usual in the days following a shed.
A: Place a basin of warm water in your snake's aquarium. Add coarse materials to the snake's container. Put your snake between several layers of paper towels. Clean the cage after shedding. Provide extra water.

Article: You might choose to use the kind of flat cloth diaper that you fold and prepare yourself to get the desired shape, or you might use the pre-fitted cloth diapers, which already look like a diaper but can be rewashed and reused. Use the method provided in How to Fold a Cloth Diaper ahead of time, so you don't have to do this when you have a wiggly baby in front of you later. Babies love to wiggle and roll around on the changing table, so if you're ready to go with your diaper, you'll be able to keep them safer. You can do this on a changing mat on the floor and not have to worry about watching the child wiggle around as much, or you can use a diaper-changing table or even a bed or couch, depending on the size of the child. Lay a waterproof changing pad (such as those reusable pads included with most diaper bags) or Goodnites Underpads on the changing surface to prepare a mess-free changing environment. In addition to the diaper and the baby, you may need a second pair of rubber pants, one or two extra cloth diaper pins, a bottle of baby powder, a tube of diaper rash cream or similar, some cleaning cloths or baby wipes, and a fresh change of clothes. Place them all in the diaper changing area so you can grab the items one-handed without leaving the baby alone. Set up an easy-to-reach spot on the changing area where you can temporarily stash dirty items like the old diaper and any dirty clothing before you clean them up properly after the change.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Determine which type of cloth diaper you want to use. Prepare a new, clean, fresh, diaper for use, if necessary. Choose a workable changing area to change the child's diaper. Protect the changing area from any mess. Prepare the changing area with all the necessary items for the diaper change.

Q: Beekeepers have designated colors to identify queens born in specific years. This helps you pick out the queen quickly, and to figure out if your hive will need a new queen soon. Be sure to choose the right paint color before marking your queen. Any acrylic-based paint is fine. Many beekeepers use model paint or even paint pens. White paint is used for queens marked in years ending in 1 or 6. If the year ends in 2 or 7, use yellow. Use red for years ending in 3 or 8. Green paint is used for years ending in 4 or 9. Use blue for years ending in 5 or 0. Bees can get agitated or even injured if you hold them too long, so be sure your paint is ready for marking before you pick up the queen. Keep the paintbrush or paint pen dipped and ready to go in your other hand or on a small table next to the hive. Gently pick up the queen by her wings or thorax. Be very, very careful when you pick her up--if she struggles, you can accidentally tear her wings or crush her. Some apiaries sell marking kits that let you confine the queen to a small plastic box during marking, but this isn't a requirement. If you accidentally drop the queen, you'll want her to fall back into the hive instead of in the grass or on your beekeeping suit. Keep the queen held over the hive the entire time you're working with her. Dab a small dot of paint on her thorax, immediately between her two front legs. Put on enough paint to make your mark visible, but don't use too much--you could gum up her wings or legs with dried paint. Some beekeepers prefer to clip the queen's wings instead of marking her with paint, but this is optional. If you choose to do this, pick her up gently and trim the bottom quarter of both wings with a small set of beekeeping clippers.
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Choose the correct paint color. Prepare your paint supplies. Pick her up gently by the wings or thorax. Hold her over the hive. Put a small dot of paint on her thorax. Clip the tips of her wings (optional).