Its time to shed!

Hey everyone,
Emily is gettin ready to shed, wow, this will be our first shed since she's been with me, I'm stoked!
Hope this explains her slow, not movin around much slump this past week?!

Yup, that would explain it. Keep the humidity up and good luck! :)

I may just be a worring mother but I have a question on shedding.......
I purchased both of my babies at the end of Nov. and brought them home on Christmas eve, one of them was shedding the week before I brought him home and did have a hard shed, I gave him lots of baths when he came home. The other one has not shed yet to my knowledge but I noticed today when I got home that the one that has already has very cloudy eyes again...........Why hasn't the other one shed?
I finally weighed them today and the shedding one is 157 grams and the other is 115 grams. Is it normal to shed again already in just 3 weeks and the other not at all???????????

All that means is the one that is shedding again is growing faster than the other. ;) Is the smaller one eating at all, or as good as the other?

Jennifer

Yes, the other is smaller but has eaten the same thing at the same time as the other, they were eating a pinky mouse a week, when they came home I bumped them up to 2 of them a week and then a rat pup last week, I'll feed again tomorrow..........................

Pinky mice are way way way too small (I'm sure you've been told that around here before)... That's probably why it isn't growing very fast. Good to know they take rat pups now :). That's also most-likely why it hasn't shed since in your care. Give it time, sometimes mine go 5-8 weeks before shedding (or even pooping!) I wouldn't worry too much, your bp knows when it needs to shed. It's shedding FULL body that can be problems for the poor things :(...

Yes, I bumped up to rat pups as soon as I found this site! lol
Should I stay on rats from now on or switch between lg mice?

Yeah, the one who did shed had a hard time, it took weeks for it all to come off, I did have the vet check the eyes though.

Should I try that shed ease stuff????????????? I'm assuming not but I thought I'd ask!
I'm not usually a fan of product.

STAY ON RATS!!!! That is what I recommend anyway :) (And I'm sure others will agree.) It's a great thing when a bp takes a rat.

And I don't know anything about Shed-Ease. I know there was a thread on it in here, but I forgot to read on it! LOL... Someone else I'm sure will have info on it.

Thanks............I was just going to pick up some prey up for the little guys!

BTW............. What is a normal wt gain in a month, one gained 28grams and the other 15..........?

I don't really think there is a "normal" wt gain IMHO..everyone feeds their bp differently, so there may be no way to tell. I think those #'s sound fine.

yeah jennifer is right, we ALL feed differently.. therefore all of our bp's grow differently.

well im not sure how long the shed time is for my boa, the morning i posted this post her eyes were kinda frosted and i have been keeping her humidity decent, i spray her down twice a day alnog with her sustrate.
should i be getting concerned that the rest of her body isnt showing the same sheding process as her eyes look?
shes become a real loner the past week, keeping all bunched up half way under her log, behind her water dish.
changing aroun different light/heat bulbs wouldnt have an affect over any of this would it?

Generlly speaking, it will take about one week or so for her to shed once her eyes get clouded. They will then go back to their normal look, and her body will get a dull greyish look to it. She will also lose her bright coloration during this time. The best thing to do is keep your temps at their normal range and keep the cage's humidity up to around 60 - 70% while she is in this process. Once she sheds then you can let your humidity go back to where you normally keep it. She will stay hidden as much as posible, because she feels vunerable while she is shedding. When mine starts shedding, I don't touch him. I don't want to give him any more stress than what he may already be experiencing. No, changing the light want do anything. i would keep everything as is, and within a week or so, she will shed off her old skin. And look better than she did before she shed. Hope that his helps.

Hey wolf, its been 9 days since her eyes fogged up, now ther're starting to clear up. So at this point her body is gonna start drying up to shed?
I'm just tring to make sure what she's doing is normal, as well as the time period its taking.

Heres the link on the SHED EASE topic.. hope it helps. If not, feel free to ask questions. :lol:


http://ball-pythons.net/index.php?na...opic&t=819

AAHHHH, finally!
During the vast hours of the early morning, Emily decided it was time to shed, boy oh boy! She looks great, and her verticle creases from her body being bunched up back in November is really shaping up.
Just thought I 'd let you know she shedded finally, have a good week!
Ryan

She should turn a dull greyish color. When I first saw my corn for the first time in that color I thought that he has dead. But it is all natural. Just keep her cage humidity in the high 60% to mid 70% range and everything should turn ok just fine. When Zeus's eyes fog over I don't bother him until he has shed. I try to limit the amount of stress that is put on him during this vunerable time. hope that everything turns out good for ya. Let us know how it goes.