We were completely baffled as to why this very docile snake was so angsty the past few days. i passed it off as him smelling food and getting excited, but he was so weird even i was really bothered. yesterday he was still giving off an evil aura.
well today, a full 48+, i gutted up to get him out to clean his cage.
i saw a bit of 'shed' and i tripped out really hard- i started yelling DID HE EAT A SNAKE!? WHATS GOING ON, because i was worried+afraid of what was going on with him.
after carefully removing him, he had been balled ontop of a white and brown/gray mash- i thought "great he's thrown up his meal" even though it had been two days. as im looking at the skin around this 'blob' i notice 1) crowley seems thinner than ever 2)his colors were very... strong..
Tony took a fork (yes a fork) and poked the mass, it turns out it was a shed-
we got him thursday of last week while he was shedding! now i must admit for the past year he has lived in a 72 gal with no humidity .. none .. apparently because the black i saw was his shed. i think he just had an old shed stuck to him from last month or so prehaps and was now shedding again due to proper temperatures.
he's now VERY vibrant in his colors as compared to this past week and back to his docile inquisitive self.
meow.

btw- his eyecaps came off.