moving to new enclosure

Hey everybody and Merry Christmas!

My juvi ball python is currently in shed, has been for a number of days now, he's quite slow through the process. His eyes cleared up the a couple of days ago, and he's been rubbing his face on stuff so it's only a matter of time. Days. Who knows?
He still eats while in shed, and ate a good meal Wednesday night. (our days of skipping meals are over.)

I'm curious, after he's digested, can I move him to his new enclosure even if he's not done shedding?
It's all set up and I'm just patiently waiting but since he's always a slow grower, I could be waiting for quite some time. My original plan, and current plan, is to wait him out, but I was just curious if it would be too stressful or if the bigger newer stuff in the enclosure would help him shed better. I got it the day I realized he was in shed :(

(Humidity and temps are great, no patchy spots, it's gonna come off in 1 piece when he finally does it, he's just goin at his own pace.)

I'd personally just wait it out and move him over after the shed. Less stress is always a good thing.

Part of why he is shedding slowly may be because he's digesting at the same time. Snakes are all different, but remember they have a slower metabolism, so when the body is trying to do 2 things at once, it takes more time.

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Originally Posted by TedBundytheSandBoa

...He still eats while in shed, and ate a good meal Wednesday night. (our days of skipping meals are over.) ...

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During sheds is actually a good time to skip his meals, just so you know. As Armiyana mentioned, digestion slows down the shedding process- but it can also make a mess of it, since both digestion & shedding uses up water in the snake's body, so sometimes multi-tasking makes for a dreadful stuck-on shed, because the moisture their body normally secretes between the old & new layer of skin to facilitate it's removal might all be used up for digestion instead. See?

I think I'd leave him be -in his "old home" -until he's done shedding. And cross my fingers for the shed.

Ah, I've always heard to skip during shed, also. But I also heard that feeding, if they'll take, during shedding is not a bad thing-so the information you've given was helpful for future sheds.
He just has a very healthy appetite now that we've gotten over our feeding struggles.

I am going to wait and move him when he's done. I changed his water earlier and he came out of his hide to drink and say hello, he's about ready to fully shed, so I think this time we lucked out. Now I know though.

Thanks for all of the advice.