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Is this pre-shed?

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  • 08-24-2012, 05:18 PM
    akillian24
    Is this pre-shed?
    My albino's eyes went a pretty obvious cloudy-white at the top. I've seen a lot of shedding pictures on BP.net, but still am not sure what to look for in the pink of an albino eye.

    http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...Ps/photo28.jpg

    http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...Ps/photo27.jpg
  • 08-24-2012, 05:25 PM
    Andybill
    With my albino spider I have never caught her with cloudy eyes but I know when she is in shed partly because I document and go by rough estimates on dates but because the white pattern turns a pinkish color. I would say that your snake is in shed because of the cloudy appearance on its eyes. When was the last shed? Mine shed about every 6 weeks.
  • 08-24-2012, 05:30 PM
    akillian24
    Thanks
    Thanks so much! He is new to us, born In early June and we have had him since August 1st. Odd you mention the pinkish tone, I mentioned to DH yesterday that his skin looked ever slightly lavender....
  • 08-24-2012, 05:41 PM
    1nstinct
    With my albino I also have never saw her eyes go cloudy, I base it on her color, when her yellow starts to become a very light color instead of her bright yellow I know he's starting to shed.
  • 08-24-2012, 06:13 PM
    satomi325
    Albinos are one of the hardest to ID a shed.
    For me, I can't really tell by visually looking at his eyes. But my albino gets the typical pink belly and his entire body gets 'rough' when he's about to shed.
  • 08-24-2012, 06:32 PM
    akillian24
    Thanks so much everyone. I feel better that I'm not the only one who can't easily tell when their albino is about to shed.
    I always see these "Here's my normal in shed" type posts and figured it would be obvious. Then I got Herman (the albino) and had no idea what I was looking for.
  • 08-24-2012, 06:37 PM
    snakesRkewl
    Our albinos eyes cloud over when they into shed
  • 08-24-2012, 10:54 PM
    M&H
    This is an old old picture but it seems like my albino looks wrinkly and progressively looks worse when about to shed. All his colors dull out and while usually a sweetheart has no patience for any extra touching.

    Right about to shed:
    https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...99319236_n.jpg

    Not in shed:
    https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...86003603_n.jpg
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