Feeding while "in the blue"

[Kyle S.]

My 2 month old female Pastel BP is currently "in the blue" meaning that her eyes have clouded over and her color has faded a little. It came time for her weekly feeding, and she still ate a fuzzy mouse like normal. I don't know yet if I'll give her a second mouse (she usually eats 2 per feeding session)

Is it ok to be feeding her during shed?

[Alexandra V]

Yup, it's completely alright to feed them even during the shed cycle. I offer prey to all of mine, regardless of whether they're in blue or not. Some animals won't want to eat, but there's no harm in trying to feed them and certainly no harm if they do eat.

[snakesRkewl]

It's perfectly fine, I usually wait until after the eyes clear up before they shed to offer, but it's completely up to you and whether the snake will eat in blue, some do, some won't.

[SlitherinSisters]

Yep totally fine. I did an experiment just last week on feeding while in shed to see just how picky they were about eating while in shed. I fed one of my poor feeders a mouse when his shed was just coming off the tip of his nose. By the time he was done with the mouse his shed was halfway down his body and I fed him a second mouse. Once he was done with that he finished shedding and curled up on top of the heat. Granted there are some snakes that won't eat in shed, but majority will eat any time during the shedding process.

[Hydrolicious]

It's dangerous, but I've even been successful with live feedings while shedding. I don't see a problem with it so long as you monitor them. However, it would be for the best to feed pre-killed or frozen if you do it while they can't see. It'll be a lot less likely to suffer injury.

[evan385]

Yes it's okay to feed during shed, if she will eat then feed her

[fr3nchvanilla]

Yes, it's perfectly fine. Mine has never refused, although I keep a closer eye on him when in shed. Good luck

[blackcrystal22]

The statement that it's dangerous (with live) seems a bit silly to me.

It's no more dangerous feeding live to a bp in shed than a bp not in shed, considering their main sense for feeding and locating prey is their heat pit sensors, not their eyes.

Or you could just feed f/t and not worry about it at all.

I just feed on a schedule. If that means they refuse a meal while in shed, *shrug* it happens.

[Kyle S.]

Thanks to all of you for the advice. It was a pretty successful feeding. She ate one of the mice, but didn't seem too interested in the second (she usually eats 2) so I just put her back in her cage after that.

[mommanessy247]

the first time i tried to feed my girl in shed i actually didnt know she was in blue til she missed the rat twice & almost hit the side of her cage (took the rat out after that cuz it spun around to face off with her) & then we found her with blue eyes later that evening. now i just wait to feed til the day after she sheds out or later the same day if its early in the morning.
has anyone ever had a snake regurge a meal after all the movement involved with shedding? i dunno...just askin'...