my bp is shedding for the first time...
well i have had my ball for about 3 weeks now and has been eating like a champ. i have noticed for the past few days its scales have been getting kinda dull/cloudy. well today its eyes are covered over. i cant wait to see how brilliant it looks in its new skin. should i hold off feeding until it sheds? i have the humidity at 65% so hopefully everything goes without a hitch :D
Re: my bp is shedding for the first time...
my girl went into shed just 2 weeks after i brought her home. i actually was not expecting it so i did not notice her skin go dull or her cloudy eyes until i was cleaning later that evening. i had tried to feed her and she struck at the rat twice, missed both times then gave up when the rat got defensive. (i removed it as soon as i saw that)
i had thought it was the rat's size throwing her off so i went and got a couple smaller ones and tried one of them which she completely refused so i decided to wait for a week before trying again.
then that evening my daughter noticed her eyes were blue and told me and i kinda went "what?! are you sure? lemme see." i looked and sure enough they were clouded over so i looked for the other telltake shed signs - dull skin and pink belly. found them too and went "AHA! no wonder you couldn't get ahold of the rat today! & no wonder you've been such a miss pissy-pants the last few days." then i just left her alone completely until 7 days later when i noticed she was rubbing the skin off.
fed her the day after that and she ate like a champ as well.
the shed sticky is extremely helpful. i think it's in bp husbandry.