some shedding pics

i caught norah shedding tonight and decided to grab my camera and take some pics. she was halfway finished by the time i got the camera and came back, but i took some pics anyhow.

halfway finished:
http://www.mlededee.com/herps/bps/norah091605a.jpg

closeup:
http://www.mlededee.com/herps/bps/norah091605b.jpg

last bit of the tail:
http://www.mlededee.com/herps/bps/norah091605c.jpg

all finished!:
http://www.mlededee.com/herps/bps/norah091605d.jpg

and the unravelled skin:
http://www.mlededee.com/herps/bps/norah091605e.jpg

Awesome pics! I'd love to catch mine while shedding. Little stinker always does it while I'm not watching. :)

Finally caught him drinking the other day though... of course didn't have my CAMERA!!! But caught him drinking! :)

I didn't know sheds had patterns. Its is in one piece too. Are you going to keep it ?

most bp sheds have patterns, though a few morphs shed clear--albinos and hypos being two examples of this. i doubt i will keep the shed. the only shed i still have is the first shed from my first ball python. other than that, well, i get a lot of them so i don't really feel like i need to hang onto them. next time norah sheds she'll just make be a bigger one anyhow. :)

Gorgeous and great pics. I've never seen a clean shed. Sobe always leaves a 'gift' rolled up in his shed. Thanks for posting the pics. :)

Oh those are great pics Emily! Excellent for someone who has never seen a shed to view those!


~~Jo~~

I love that 2nd-last pic; she's like "look at me!"

Are they suppose to shed all in one peice? It takes like 1-3 days for my bp to shed all of her skin. I soak her 1-2 times a day in 85-88 bath water. And i try to spray the cage 3 times a day. Am i doing something wrong?

yes, they should shed all in one piece. as soon as you see the signs of an impending shed--blue or cloudy eyes, pink belly--raise your humidity to 70-80%. keep it there until they shed. the actual shedding process once they start to peel the skin back from their nose should actually go pretty quickly.