1 month no shed?

Coley, what a gorgeous boy you have!!!

My adult also sheds very consistently every 50-60 days.

I was worried about the same issue recently. I have a juvenile male, about 4 months old. He shed with me for the first time on September 29th. About a week and a half ago I was starting to get concerned because I had read that young snakes shed about every 4-6 weeks. The exact time line does depend on genetics, age, feeding amount, etc...but it seemed like since he has always eaten regularly and the correct size he had gone too long with no shed. Just as I was getting to the point of getting on here and posting, I noticed his belly was slightly pink. Sure enough about 5 days later his eyes were cloudy. Check and see if you notice any pink coloration around his belly area. The dark scales at the very sides of the body will also start to look milky first. You will also notice that closer to shed they will have almost baggy skin, there will be more folds than usual and this is particularly noticeable at the neck right behind the jaw. When they turn their head the skin will have a pinched area that sticks out. It can be subtle if you don't know what to look for. If you have never been through a shed with him before don't be concerned when the eyes go cloudy, I am still always amazed to see him in that phase because it is just so dramatic looking. If I hadn't known better I probably would have thought he had come down with some terrible illness lol. Here is a picture of Shesha's pink belly before his first shed with me for comparison. Note the belly shade and general discoloration.

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For comparison this is his normal coloration.

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Great description Ki :gj:

Wow those pics are great. Better than the comparison pics in the actual problem shedding posts. I guess he'll just do it when he's ready. I got him from Renick Reptiles at an expo and since day one he's been eating and pooping solid. Seems super healthy.

If you're in St. Louis which is what I'm guessing STL is. I live in Alton, IL and I go down to a place in Fairview Heights called the Tye-dyed Iguana. Their prices are pretty good for feeders. I buy live and frozen from them. If you have anymore questions, let me know. I have 7 Ball Pythons and a Brazilian Rainbow Boa, so I buy a couple different sized mice and rats.

Thanks definitely wanna find someplace else. Petco sucks. There baby balls have horrible sheds and had literally 0% humidity. Plus 4 bucks a mouse is ridiculous.

Oh you can also order from Rodent Pro if you so choose to. You can pick up your order at the St. Louis Reptile Shows. They are usually once a month at the Double Tree Hotel off of Page.

That's where I bought the snake at actually. Didn't realize they were once a month though. Ill have to look into that

Hey, I live in STL as well, try Tropical World Pets. That's where I get all my feeders from. It's a fish and reptile shop on Watson.

That's another place I knew about but thought they only carried fish. I'll have to check them out next time I'm down there. I went to Exotic Amphibians and Reptiles on Lemay Ferry and bought two mice. Thank God I waited till the next day to feed bc one was so sick it couldn't move by morning. The other could barely keep eyes opened. I quarantined the surviving mouse and noticed hair loss and black specks... Mites. So I called and the manager wasn't in and a young sales girl that didn't know any better admitted they knew about the mites and STILL sold sick rodents. Manager did call me back and proceed to tell me mites were expected and blah blah blah. Offered me a new mouse. Ha that's funny like I'd want any other creature of any kind from them. I read reviews after that and other ppl have saw numerous dead reptiles in with live ones. I saw one cage like that but mostly they just looked filthy. Horrible place. Animals all look pretty bad actually.