I am a member in the shadows. Being a new BP momma, I am more in the position to take advice rather than give it. We got her less than a month ago & she wasnt even a foot long maybe 3 pencils thick! She is my first Ball Python much less snake of any kind! With being a first time BP mom, I wanted to read up all I could & found this forum to be EXTREMELY helpful!
With knowledge of the lady I got her from (the owner of the snake mama) she was to shed soon. So I turned to this site to learn how to help my Fluffy have her very first (first that we know of) shed!
She started 3 days ago with looking dry & having cloudy eyes. Scared she was sick I looked in this forum "Cloudy Eyes" & found it was time for her to shed. Then I learned that giving her a soak in warm water for about 30 minutes would help her through it. Yesturday I saw her moving in her cave but wouldn't come out. I looked in & she was at the tail end of her shed! She still had it on her back pretty good though. So I picked her up & took her for a quick 10 minute soak. Before we went to bed she completed her shed & without trouble!
I am very happy that unlike most that I have read about, her first one wasnt hard or long at all! She did most of it herself & it went swimmingly!
With that said I wanted to thank this forum for the help & knowledge I have received for one of my Fluffy's milestones!