Hidding & pink belly

Just wondering.... I've had my baby ball for approximately 1 month now, with year of research and studying done before. He/she, unsexed, has eaten twice so far, didn't eat the F/T the first two weeks but loved the live mice.

Anyway, my ball has been in his hide for the past week and I haven't seen him come out too much, could he be going into shed. I did take him out of the tank a couple of days ago and noticed his belly getting a little pink, but I was wondering if the pink belly could be from his burrowing in the substrate and getting to the glass where the UTH is. I do have the UTH on a thermostat set at 88F, with a 50w red light above the tank on the same side. I also keep a blue and day light on the other side that doesn't have a UTH under it, these are on a timer for day and night changes.

Just kind of worried for the snakes health, as this would be the first time he has gone into shed, but I figured since he has eaten twice so far this may be it.

I have a digital thermometer on the cold side reading about 85F on top of the substrate, no UTH on this side, and an analogue on the other side sitting about 89F. I know analogues are not worth it but this side does have the thermostate to control the UTH on the warm side. I also have an infared thermometer I got from the pet store to monitor the overall temps of the tank, which I do on a daily bassis like a paranoid freek. I have not yet tried the infared termometer on the glass under the substrate where he has been hidding but I will be doing this tonight when I take him out for his feeding.

Any help would be apprenciated. I will also post pics of the tank and the snake later.

Thanks

Sounds like your ball is ready to go into shed. Make sure you raise the humidity up to around 70 and your snake will be alright! :gj:

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Sounds like all the signs of a shed cycle. Try to keep handling to a minium and you might want to think about supplying a humid hide with damp moss inside.

Thanks, that is what I was thinking based on what I read.

I have some forest moss that I got from the pet store that I mixed in a bit with his substrate, I will add some to one of his hides.

Thanks again