Zeus my new BP

Here is a picture of my new BP (Zeus) that I got a week before Thanksgiving this year.

https://ball-pythons.net/albums/albu...0011.sized.jpg

That is one nice looking baby bp you got there!! :)

Nice bp man.

Thats a sweet BP :) They're really awesome animals... i got 2 books from the library today that imma read tonight/tommorow ;)

I'm like that to. when i bought my little Cherile about a month ago. I became a little scare with her first shed. Because she turn her eyes a silver blue color and that impress me. So I start looking in someweb page that a manual of ball python have and found another place. After that I log in almost veryday and because of that I found this forum and now I'm here. :wink:
The herp world is very interesting wright!!, now I want almost 15 different type of snake. :lol: . But unfortunetly I can't afford al of the snakes that i want :cry: , that sucks. :x

cant have everything at once,well at least you have something to look forward too.
Cool little snake wolf

Nice pattern! He's really bright too :)

Thanks, I really like the way he looks. Right now he isn't that bright, becuase he is getting ready to shed. i will get some pics of him after he has shed. So, I can show off his new brightness :).

I put him in the tub last night to give him a bath and allow him to swim and soak. But for some reason he didn't like being in the water. Soon as I put him in the water he started looking for a way to get out of it. At first I thought that the water might be too cool for him, but it was luke warm (not too warm and not cool). so, I don't if he just doesn't like to be in water or he isn't use to it. He is getting ready to shed, and I have yet to see him soaking in his water dish. Although I have seen him drinking out of it, but he hasn't gotten in it and just enjoyed being in the water.

not all BP's soak in their water dish i have one that does and one that absolutly freeks if you put it in water
an alternative solution is making a humid hide box

if you don't know how to make one just ask and i'll tell ya
good luck with your snakes first shed

Yeah, I made one for my Corn snake when he was going to shed for the first time, but he never used it and his shed went fine. So, I am not too worried about Zeus's first shed. I try to keep his humidity around 50 - 60%. I think that he maybe one of those snake who just don't like to soak or swim.

When I first brought Peanut home, he was beginning shed and spent an entire week in the water dish. He hasn't soaked since, and I've had 4 perfect sheds with a humidity of 60%.

ya i'd say he'll shed just fine mine won't use hummidity box's either and always shed fine with the exact same hummidity you keep yours at but i raise it a little to about 65-70 when i see that they're eyes have clouded over. i'll bet the shed will do just fine

let me know how it turns out

I will keep y'all updated on how the shed went. He has had the "blue eyes" for about a week now. So, I am expecting hm to shed mid to late week this week. I will keep my fingures crossed

Well, he had his first shed today. And it didn't come off in one piece. Over half of his head was shed and 3/4 of his body was shed. He still has some left on him, and it is located on the back part of his head and about a few inches behind his head. Is there anything I can do to remove the remaining skin from him, or does he have to remove it himself? Any help in this matter would be appreciated.

My experience with bathing snakes is that if they think the water is too warm, they will do everything they can to get out. Try cooler water, not cold, but it should be cool to the touch. If you have ever put your hand in a tropical fish tank, that is the temperature it should be. It feels almost cold to me.
As far as the shed, you can soak him and gently pull off the shed, as long as it is not too difficult to come off. It's not a big deal to leave it until the next shed, if you want. I always help my snakes shed, if it doesn't come off.

you can soak the part that have the reminding peace of shed and try to scrub jently until it goes off.
Jesús

As an update to Zeus's partial shedding. I fed a really good meal on Sat. night, and when he was done eatting, I went to put him back into his cage and noticed that when he swallowed the mouse the stretching of his muscles had broken most of the left on dead skin was pulled away from him. I have yet to try to remove this. I didn't want to risk him giving me back what I just gave him. So, I will wait til he has digested his food before attempting to remove his dead skin. I will keep y'all posted.

That's a good idea :) .
its better to wait a little and then try to remove it.
Jesús