Woooo Hooo!!!! Perfect first shed!!!!

Dax shed last night for the first time in our care, and he looks stunning!!!! We got the skin right after he shed it or close to then, it was still damp. We unrolled it and it is perfect, complete with eye caps. He looks so pretty!!!! Well, I think we jumped another hurtle. So far we have managed the first feeding, switching prey and now first shed. I hope this means we are doing this right!!!!!

Awesome! Sounds like things are right on track! Excellent work!! :sweeet:

Things couldn't be going better Mina! Congrats! Obviously you've got Dax nicely squared away and he's doing all his normal ball python things right on schedule. Geeze why do folks think these are such tough snakes to deal with. A bit of work, a bit of research and a bit of common sense and they aren't all that tricky really.

well that's really the catch here jo... knowledge.

so many people skip that part!

A good one piece shed is a good sign, I always feel so much better when I see that!!! Awsome!!!

Neil

Yay, shiny snake! =D

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

well that's really the catch here jo... knowledge.

so many people skip that part!

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Well I guess I'm kind of old school about knowledge. I'm all for gathering as much knowledge (and verifying it is actually good knowledge) but I think it has to be tempered with a big dose of good old common sense. Maybe being raised by my grandparents is part of it, but I just know that some things you can't learn except by doing....kind of horse sense but more ummmm....slithery LOL.

Adam tried to explain it to me once. That even though a big female might be "by the books" ready to breed, he just knew that she wasn't going to go or shouldn't be allowed to try. How? Snake sense? Experience? Who knows but it's something I surely wish I had and hope I get one day. The getting of it will be an interesting road to walk.

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Adam tried to explain it to me once. That even though a big female might be "by the books" ready to breed, he just knew that she wasn't going to go or shouldn't be allowed to try. How? Snake sense? Experience? Who knows but it's something I surely wish I had and hope I get one day. The getting of it will be an interesting road to walk.

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Adam Wysocki .....Snake Whisperer!
(Ball Pythons, anyhow! LOL)

It could also be how you look at it. When we fell in love with Dax we didn't know he was supposed to be "difficult" to care for. We put a deposit down on him, came home and ripped up the net looking for how to's on care, feeding, housing, ect. A vet was not a problem, I have a friend who is an exotic vet and I already knew has delt with many snakes in the past.

We never looked at him as being a problem to be solved. Just a new baby that would need some time to settle in.
People that have problems with BP's could be setting themselves up for failure. If you believe you will have problems, you most likely will.

That's awesome! Did you frame the skin? We plan on framing it even if it isn't perfect. Our snake is about to go through his first shed with us and i was wondering how you helped your snake through it's shed. I know circumstances differ from snake to snake, though it's nice to have lots of advice. And i'm trying to get as much as i can. Your snake looks great. You should show us a picture of the skin if you can.

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That's awesome! Did you frame the skin? We plan on framing it even if it isn't perfect. Our snake is about to go through his first shed with us and i was wondering how you helped your snake through it's shed. I know circumstances differ from snake to snake, though it's nice to have lots of advice. And i'm trying to get as much as i can. Your snake looks great. You should show us a picture of the skin if you can.

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Except in cases of extreme stuck-on sheds....the very best way you can help your snake is to just leave it alone. So long as the humidity is up, you've done all you can do. Anything else is likely to just cause undue stress.

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That's awesome! Did you frame the skin? We plan on framing it even if it isn't perfect. Our snake is about to go through his first shed with us and i was wondering how you helped your snake through it's shed. I know circumstances differ from snake to snake, though it's nice to have lots of advice. And i'm trying to get as much as i can. Your snake looks great. You should show us a picture of the skin if you can.

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We actually haven't done anything with the skin, it is sitting on top of one of my tarantula tanks.
We mostly kept his humidity up and left him alone, he got a little defensive. I will have Matthias (my husband) post picutes of the skin of of Dax now that he is all pretty with new skin. Good luck with your shed!!!!!

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It could also be how you look at it. When we fell in love with Dax we didn't know he was supposed to be "difficult" to care for. We put a deposit down on him, came home and ripped up the net looking for how to's on care, feeding, housing, ect. A vet was not a problem, I have a friend who is an exotic vet and I already knew has delt with many snakes in the past.

We never looked at him as being a problem to be solved. Just a new baby that would need some time to settle in.
People that have problems with BP's could be setting themselves up for failure. If you believe you will have problems, you most likely will.

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That's an excellent point Mina! :)

Hello!!! It's because we speak parseltongue and are..."at one with our snakes.." ...heh heh...And I think y'all are right....BPs are one of the easiest snakes to care for...it's just that you have to take a cup from the fountain of knowlege. It never ceases to amaze me when people are shocked at how much I can tell them/know about snakes. I simply say,"It's common knowledge...you can know just as much as i do with a little effort!" But, like y'all said, most people skip that part.....:imslow:

Congrats! May it be the first of many more perfect sheds!