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    Question Shedding... I think. Need advice

    :eek: HELP! :eek:
    I am a total dummy when it comes to bp's so please let me know if this is normal behavior or not . This is our first and we have had him/her for about 2, maybe 3 months now. He was about 2 months old when we got him. Feeding was always good... a mouse a week until about 4 weeks ago, maybe a little more. He just refused to eat. I read this was not an issue and also that they don't eat many times if they are getting ready to shed. So I thought this might be the case and then low and behold, about 2 weeks later I noticed that his eyes were getting cloudy and he was lying in his water bowl off and on a few different days. I started misting the cage a few times a day to make sure to keep it more humid and I thought he'd start shedding within a few days. Well, his eyes are awfully cloudy now and I've been keeping it moist but we are going on almost two weeks now since his eyes clouded up and still nothing. He is not soaking anymore but he is not shedding either. He just hides, won't eat (about a month now without eating) and occasionally moves from the warm side to the cool side. Should I be concerned that nothing is happening for this long? How long does it normally take from the time their eyes cloud up till they shed?

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    Re: Shedding... I think. Need advice

    If you haven't read this yet, it's a great article by Daniel on the entire shed process. You can click on each picture to see a larger version of the picture:


    http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=28794

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