Shed help

[phyre_st0rm]

Ok, my ball python, which i've had for over 3 weeks, is about to shed. His eyes turned the cloudy blue color, so i need to know what to do and when to do it. i've seen people post about gatorade...when do i soak him in that? When do i increase humidity? do i need to feed him on the regular schedule? anything else i need to know?

[RPlank]

You don't need to soak it in gatorade. If you provide a water dish big enough for him to soak in, and your temps are correct, he will soak as he needs to. A few days after the eyes clear up, he will shed. They usually won't eat when in shed. I always wait until they are done to feed them.

[invadertoast]

Gatorade?? I've never heard of using that...

[Ironhead]

Gatorade? Though a good soaking in water is all my BP needed, the gatorade thing is interesting.

[RPlank]

Some people use gatorade to rehydrate dehydrated snakes. Supposedly it works well. I've never tried it, and am skeptical of it.

[invadertoast]

Ohhhh, okay, I remember reading that on the leopard gecko forum a few years ago for dehydrated geckos. I thought it'd be kinda funny to see a BP sitting in a dish full of neon yellow water...

[phyre_st0rm]

eh well some ppl posted about that on the kingsnake.com forums. That place just went to hell i guess. their boards are down and everything...haha.

humidity should be around 80 right?

[Jeanne]

Humidity should never be around 80%..thats way too high and you would be risking an RI. Humidity should be between 50-60% no matter if your snake is shedding or not.

[pimp_n_python]

i raise my hummidity to between 65 and 70 when the shed is about 4 days away and it has never cause any problems for me infact they've usually had perfect sheds.
but 80% is definitly to high

[BallKingdom]

I've actually heard pedialite is best....