Behira - 2016 Female Ivory Ghost - First BCI

Some pictures with the good camera. She's darkening and her skin is loosening up and she has a red belly. It's been 17 days, but I am pretty sure she hasn't gone into blue yet. I could have missed it, but optimistic for a shed a week or so from now, not sooner.

Got some pictures with the nice camera today and she was a sweetie as always.

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They always look sorry for them selves in shed [emoji106][emoji106]

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Today is 21 days from Behira's last shed and she just went into blue. That's an improvement of several days from last time. I expect her to shed at 24-26 days from last shed, but we will see. Either way, we seem to be getting out of the "danger" area of 17-21 days.

I'll keep everyone posted.

Day 26 since the last shed, and still no shed. I think she will shed tonight or tomorrow. She looks ready and I have upped humidity appropriately.

I'll keep everyone posted, but the past two sheds now will have been a dramatic improvement. She was averaging 18 days for a while. Now, 23, and 26+, we are looking good.

I am breathing a sigh of relief and hoping things continue in this direction.

She's already eating every two weeks now instead of every ten days and still improving. SO HAPPY!

Behira did shed last night. That put this shed at 26 days. Still not super, but she looks awesome, and that's a big improvement the past 3 sheds (21, 23, and 26 days respectively). We are clearly moving in the right direction. As I mentioned yesterday, I am very pleased.

Got some pics of her post shed today and plan to feed her tonight or tomorrow night.

She still likes to wrap my arm and hang on but man, she is getting heavy.

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She looks great!

I am moving Behira to an every 2 week feeding schedule, from her short-term 10 day schedule, and eventually back to her 3 week schedule.

Her shedding duration seems to be spreading out and I want to keep her lean. Today was 17 days and she annihilated a F/T medium rat. Sunday is the normal feeding day here and I wanted her back on that schedule. She will eat again in two weeks.

Assuming the shedding duration gets longer and longer, I will keep feeding at 2 weeks for a bit and then get her back to 3 weeks. If she starts shedding sooner again, I will drop to 10 days between feedings again.

Overall, she's doing great. Always great to see her ready and willing to nail her prey and eat.

Here are a few pictures of Behira in our huge "reptile area" chair. It's massive but Behira is growing and looking good. I have my hand and arm in one of the pictures to show her size better. "Big" girl is looking good and chill as ever.

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She's looking good...actually, from this angle, it appears your ARM is growing though- :rofl:

Outside pictures!

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