Pink belly?

[Smoked Oyster]

We fed our 6 year old female a big 250g rat on Monday. We left her alone for 2 days, and last night when we took her out her entire belly, neck to tail, was significantly pinker than normal. Has anyone experienced this?

[Ohm]

Sometimes this is a sign that they are nearing a shed cycle...maybe you've just never noticed it before?

[JLC]

It's an early sign of an impending shed cycle. Perfectly normal.

[Yeti]

It's an early sign of an impending shed cycle. Perfectly normal.

Dead on.

[Smoked Oyster]

Ah ha! Thank you! Never noticed because this will be my first shed with her. Can we handle her normally during the process?

[Viperk]

It's recommended that you don't. In the beginning if you really wanted to you could but one their eyes turn "bluish" then I would definitely leave it alone because it is partly blind.

(Don't hold me to it though)

Thanks,

RJ

[crazyj83]

Pink belly is a first sign of shed. I can normally handle my female all the way through a shed but thats only due to the fact of we have had her from day 1 and have gotten her use to us holding her. With your bp being older, it my be set in its ways and could be kinda grumpy during shed. Good luck, keep your humidity up and take pics after shed. Its the closest to a new snake you can get without gettin one...lol

[OtterGoRun]

I leave my snakes alone during shed, especially while they are in blue. Mine just get really nervous and head shy when they can't see very well.

[therunaway]

process of shedding dont handle ur bp during this time, wait til the eyes turn blue like a haze over their eyes, then they will go bck to normal and then bump up the humidity to 60- 70 and the color will go dull and kind have grey-ish let them start it and do their thing, my first shed with my bp i helped it, and came here to find i did something incorrect, but anyway, dont touch it, let it do its thing, and if it has been over 2-3 weeks, let he or she soak for 30 minutes in a tub of luke warm water, with or without a rag or towel, with a lid on it, no holes for humidity to stay in, dont worry for breathing, its only 30 minutes, then bring them out and let it slither thru the rag or towel and let the stuck shed come off, after tht dry he or she off so there isnt a chance of RI, then bring the humidity back down to 50-60 so no other chances of RI, and also, for coming here, if this is ur first post and first time here then , if not then my bad.