This is just killing me...

So I buy a royal BP hatchling right? Take him home and let him get acclimated for a few days. Then I took him out for a couple of days, 10-15 minutes at a time. Probably twice overall. Then I fed him, which he took no problem thankfully. So then I have to wait until he digests before I can hold him again. Well, 2 days later I take him out and guess what? I notice it's belly is pink! Yep shed mode lol so I let him hang for a few minutes since I already had him, and knowing I wouldn't get to handle my new snake again for another couple of weeks lol
a few days later, I find a wicked deal on an 8 month OG, and I held him at the store for about 10 mins, went home, came back and bought him. Brought him home and let him get situated in his new place. It's going to be another day before I can hold the OG, but the royal will be another couple of days too. I want to hold them so bad it's killing me! This is cruel and unusual torture! New snakes and it's going on two weeks! UGH lol
on a side note, I'm glad the royal happened the way it did though, it couldn't had been more perfect with timing, minus the lack of holding lol I know none of this is useful info or anything, but I figure someone could probably relate to this and get a kick out of it :)

Thats how i ended up with my second. Because i hated having to wait. And now since april i have four ha. And so far it works out perfect cause all there sheds have been a week apart lol

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I've had my snake for 3 weeks. It has 3 rat pups in it and has not pooped yet! And I'm on Day 9 of #ShedWatch (since eyes went blue), so I have to keep waiting a few more days for the shed to happen and I can pick it up.

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Originally Posted by thegamejr

Thats how i ended up with my second. Because i hated having to wait. And now since april i have four ha. And so far it works out perfect cause all there sheds have been a week apart lol

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It's why I ended up with multiples, too.

They all shed at more or less the same time, though. The younger two shed more than the older two, of course, but if those older two are in shed? They are ALL in shed.

Fortunately my cornsnake gets fed less frequently than the BP and Calking, so she's usually available to be messed with.

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Thats how i ended up with my second. Because i hated having to wait. And now since april i have four ha. And so far it works out perfect cause all there sheds have been a week apart lol

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Too funny, I knew I couldn't be the only one lol Nice! That definitely sounds like a solid schedule to me! I seem to be getting "lucky" with these guys, or maybe it's not luck, and we just so happened to set them up properly or something like that, who knows lol thanks for the reply :)

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Originally Posted by The Golem

I've had my snake for 3 weeks. It has 3 rat pups in it and has not pooped yet! And I'm on Day 9 of #ShedWatch (since eyes went blue), so I have to keep waiting a few more days for the shed to happen and I can pick it up.

http://youtu.be/XUO39NahqDA

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Oh wow, that sounds abnormal. I'm no expert by any means, so I can't give any advice, but I do wish you luck! Good Luck!
Ps: keep us updated on this, I would love to hear how this scenario ends, hopefully well :)

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Originally Posted by CptJack

It's why I ended up with multiples, too.

They all shed at more or less the same time, though. The younger two shed more than the older two, of course, but if those older two are in shed? They are ALL in shed.

Fortunately my cornsnake gets fed less frequently than the BP and Calking, so she's usually available to be messed with.

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Thats great though, sounds much easier to keep track of things that way. That sounds like winning the shed lottery lol congrats on that for sure!
since my second one is a ghost, ill have to wait until I see blue eyes to know he's gong in shed I think...ill have to look up some info on ghosts and shedding, maybe there's more signs I'm not considering.

You can hold during shed, once they take 2-3 meals down ill hold whenever (24 hours after feed)

I'm using this exact same reason to get another one! Too funny! But as soon as mine sheds she is ready to come out again. Usually 2-3 days after she goes blue


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My babe just shed and I'm so happy. Last week was so stressful, its nice to be able to hold my buddy again.

That exact same thing happened when we got our first, too...week of chilling/de-stressing, took her out for food and she was in blues, ate perfectly anyway, and then couldn't touch her for a while until she'd digested and shed. It's torture!

Both of mine shed roughly the same time period too...i figured as much since they both eat the same day each week.

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Oh wow, that sounds abnormal. I'm no expert by any means, so I can't give any advice, but I do wish you luck! Good Luck!
Ps: keep us updated on this, I would love to hear how this scenario ends, hopefully well :)

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#ShedWatch is finally over!
Yesterday afternoon noticed the snake sticking head out of hide, so I decided it would be a good time to take him out of enclosure for a few minutes. He seemed okay being handled and looking around the room and soon I let him slide back into the terrarium.
This morning I checked in on him, and was greeted with a pungent aroma and the sight of a big ol' snake turd in the water bowl. So that was a relief - for both of us. :gj:
Also saw some some shards of shed skin around the water bowl.

So later today I'm going to bring him out again, check him over and maybe give him a soak if, as I suspect, there's shed still stuck to him. Will also be a good opportunity to clean the tank and put in fresh coconut husk.

This forum is great, I don't know what I'd do without all the advice and information available for us new BP owners.

Thank you to everyone who replied! It's funny how many people go through the same things as others :)

I have never had a problem holding any of my snakes when they are in a shed cycle :gj:

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I have never had a problem holding any of my snakes when they are in a shed cycle :gj:

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I leave mine alone when they're in shed as they're usually pretty grumpy... but with 60+ in the house I can usually find one to fool with that isn't either in shed or digesting.

The one and only time Prec has hissed at me was her first shed. Now I just leave her alone


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We hold ours all the time except a few hours before feeding, about 36 hours after feeding, and a couple days before they shed. They are all held from day 1 without any problems though... I don't wait for them to get acclimated to sitting in a box. lol

A pink belly can be a pretty early sign of shed. I really wouldn't worry about holding your baby at that point.

When mine go blue I leave them alone.

Also also wait at least 12 hours until any handling AT ALL after feeding, but never less; I try for 24 hours, especially if it's one of my more uptight snakes. By that I mean brief handling, like to do cage maintenance or something. After 24 hours you should be fine with short handlings. I try to wait about 48 hours to handle for longer periods after feeding. I also leave them alone the day of feeding, before I've actually fed them.

My little boy has no issue with me holding him during shed, not even if he's blue. I'm always a little extra careful, make sure he knows where my hands are, and make sure to be really gentle. The in store ball python at the pet store I volunteer at is also really easygoing during shed. I think it's definitely something you can acclimatize them to.

I'm glad your #shedwatch is over!