Shedding or dehydration???

[MrKai]

I've had my BP for a few week's now. Got her as a small baby. She feeds once a week with no problems. First 2 weeks I fed her one pinky each friday. The next week I fed her one pinky Friday the next on monday. And last week I fed her a hopper mouse and now she is looking different. Her eyes did have a blue tint last week. I'm curious about dehydration I fill her water bowl up every 2 or 3 days. I don't really thoroughly clean the bowl but I rinse it and wipe it with my fingers under hot water. I only fill bowl with bottled water. New to this site so will be posting pictures as soon as I figure out how.

[JodanOrNoDan]

With severe dehydration the eye will actually wrinkle. If the eye appears milky it is the beginning of a shed. The belly will often take on a pinkish hue.

[MrKai]

one of her eyes looked wrinkled yesterday. im really worried. what should i change to make her drink? i keep the water bowl full

[Slim]

Hopper mice are too small. Bump your snake up to hopper rats, at least.

Saw the pics on the other thread you started. Looks like your snake is in shed, and a bit dehydrated.

[MrKai]

the humidity stays at a constant 60% it is hard to raise the humidity. any suggestions on raising humidity or force hydration? i dont think you can put an IV on a snake

[LittleTreeGuy]

Keep the humidity up between 60-70%. What are you currently using to measure your humidity? The little stick-on analog ones aren't always the best. I would suggest a small digital thermometer/hygrometer combo. Accurite is a brand you can find at walmart for about $10.

Keep humidity up and keep a bowl of water in the enclosure. That's as much to help with humidity as anything else. I've had my bp for 7 months and have never seen her take a drink. From what I've read, at lot of bp's you'll never seem to catch them drinking. lol.

[MrKai]

im using a crappy hygrom/thermometer i need a new one. ive seen her drink before but not lately. im not using a bowl really im using a small dish container that the kit came with.

[JodanOrNoDan]

Admin..... can someone please merge this thread with http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...drated-or-shed please??