Surprising shed!

She was just in blue a day or two ago, and then last night her eyes cleared, and now this morning when I woke up I went over to her enclosure and noticed she had shed sometime during the night. I am so excited that this happened. She used to be a LAZY snake and would just make me do the shedding for her, but I can't even believe she did it on her own! She also used to be in shed for over a week, but this took like 6 days. Here are some pics of the shed, and some pics of her that I took this morning and this afternoon.

Here are the ones I took when I got home
http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/t...z/DSC00578.jpg
http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/t...z/DSC00577.jpg
http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/t...z/DSC00575.jpg
http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/t...z/DSC00571.jpg
http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/t...z/DSC00569.jpg

And here are the ones I took this morning
http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/t...z/DSC00566.jpg
http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/t...z/DSC00565.jpg
http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/t...z/DSC00564.jpg
http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/t...z/DSC00560.jpg

Thanks for looking!

Sweet! How big is she?

Very cool! Love the markings on her belly hehe
She's beautiful :D

Cool,

Good job checking for the shed eyecaps as well - far easier than trying to squint lovingly into the snakes eyes to see if they are clear. :rofl:

If you try that with any of mine they stick their tongues up your nose and make you sneeze. :weirdface


dr del

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Originally Posted by xbxteen

Sweet! How big is she?

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She is 2 ft. 10 1/2 inch. long
I think she's either 4-4 1/2 cm. wide too.

Cool :gj:.She looks great :D

She looks really good.

Looks great!

I wish mine shed that nicely! Don't get me wrong, they always shed all in one piece and I'm thankful for that, but it's like a rolled-up sock: nothing pretty to look at. :(

fresh shed snakes always look the best ;p :gj:

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Originally Posted by dr del

Cool,

Good job checking for the shed eyecaps as well - far easier than trying to squint lovingly into the snakes eyes to see if they are clear. :rofl:

If you try that with any of mine they stick their tongues up your nose and make you sneeze. :weirdface


dr del

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You have some playful snakes..:8:

I bet her "laziness" at shedding had less to do with her being lazy, and more to do with the lights that you used on your tank before you switched her to a tub set-up.

Now that you have her in an enclosure that's easier to control humidity, you get a perfect shed! :D

wait :O, tiff moved to tubs?? w00t :gj:

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Originally Posted by h00blah

wait :O, tiff moved to tubs?? w00t :gj:

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When did I say that? Lol. I will be moving to tubs sometime during the year but first I'm just trying to get everything together (especially a thermostat!) then I'm going to switch over to tubs.

Your snake was not being lazy.
Your husbandry was wrong.
A snake not sheeding on it's own is an indicator that you are not doing your part to maintain proper humidity.
Congratulations on your humidity being at a more appropriate level.
-Steven

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Originally Posted by stevenkeogh

Your snake was not being lazy.
Your husbandry was wrong.
A snake not sheeding on it's own is an indicator that you are not doing your part to maintain proper humidity.
Congratulations on your humidity being at a more appropriate level.
-Steven

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Well it's hard for me to maintain humidity because I live in a hot and dry area so it's difficult to maintain it at the correct level, so that's why this time I provided a humid hide which she never went in but still had a good shed.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

Now that you have her in an enclosure that's easier to control humidity, you get a perfect shed!

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this made me think it! but GL with the tubs! its thrilling to see ur snake have a nice shed after a failed one ^-^

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Originally Posted by h00blah

this made me think it! but GL with the tubs! its thrilling to see ur snake have a nice shed after a failed one ^-^

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Most definitely:D

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Originally Posted by Mindibun

I wish mine shed that nicely! Don't get me wrong, they always shed all in one piece and I'm thankful for that, but it's like a rolled-up sock: nothing pretty to look at. :(

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I un roll the shed and look at them. Just a thing I have to do. lol. But none of my snakes skins have that much pattern left on them. I mean they have a pattern but its half of the contrast you see in that one.

Very nice shed? What was ur humidity at during this time period?

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Originally Posted by rthamilton

Very nice shed? What was ur humidity at during this time period?

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Normally it stayed at 60%-65% or higher. Though, most of the time it was between 60%-65%