Shed and feeding? Confused?

Odyn is in shed. He is 75g. He is fully in blue and due to eat tomorrow. I am hearing and reading conflicting info on this. Is it ok to feed in shed or not? I took him out today not even relizing he is in blue and put him right back and filled his water. Tomorrow would be 8 days from last feed. We are switching his feed days so we are extending a day for two weeks. His husbandry is on point. So...to feed or not. He is super chill even in blue!

You can try it, he just might not take it.

no harm in trying, but don't be surprised if you get a refusal. Coffee Bean is the only beep whose ever eaten in full blue for me, but there are plenty of users here that have no problem feeding beeps in shed.

Ok cool. I heard don't do it and I have heard try. I'll try tomorrow.

Most snakes don't eat the whole shed cycle and then are ravenous when they get done shedding.

Khaa has ate for me once when he was in shed but usually he'll refuse until after shedding.

It certainly can't hurt to try. You may just and up wasting a mouse/rat. Unless of course you feed it off to your other snake.
Most BPs will not eat in shed. Tyson is in shed now and due to eat tomorrow, but I'll just wait til after he sheds.

Just goes to show how different are noodles are. Freddy ate while in shed.

Boople has done both. Odyn always eats now lol. Little porker. Some people are adamant to not and others say try. I have heard not too because it could injure them somehow since skin is tight and I'm like what do I do?

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Originally Posted by Sunnieskys

Boople has done both. Odyn always eats now lol. Little porker. Some people are adamant to not and others say try. I have heard not too because it could injure them somehow since skin is tight and I'm like what do I do?

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Never heard that, but it sounds suspiciously like an urban legend. Two of my snakes are deep in shed and they both ate on Tuesday. The skin that comes off is stretchy too. No biggie if they eat and if they don't, they don't. :)

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Originally Posted by Sunnieskys

I have heard not too because it could injure them somehow since skin is tight and I'm like what do I do?

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Never heard this one before.

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Originally Posted by craigafrechette

Never heard this one before.

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Same

My Royals don't eat whilst in shed but snakes like Kings / Burms and Retics eat anytime in my experience anyways


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I tried to feed one of my snakes (a rescue) while he was "in deep blue." I was inexperienced and saw no harm in trying to keep to the "schedule' that they'd both been eating on.

The poor thing, it tried mightily but kept missing the mouse. I had no idea of how vulnerable it must have felt. Over and over again it tried to latch on (or make defensive strikes) until it began to show desperate fear and curled into a little ball.

I've since learned that the few days waiting to feed it, while the snake is regaining its sight, is well worth it in the long run.

Peace

Odyn ate. The mouse was HUGE and it took him a while, but he got it down in time. Then he started rubbing his cheeks on everything. And he went from 89g last week to 105g this week! Wow...the 100 mark. That makes me happy since he was a non eating underweight snake from work. With a messed up eye. Still working in the eye. Hoping proper sheds will take care of that eye.