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In blue already?
So I've had Chelsea for almost 4 weeks now, and she had a stuck shed back during her first week with me. I soaked her, but there are still a few stubborn bits that don't want to come off (mostly along her spine and nose). Today I noticed her eyes were much more clouded than they have been, and on closer inspection even the parts of her that have shed seem a little faded to me, but I could be wrong. I don't know if this is too early for her to be shedding again, or if her eating regularly is affecting the process, or if this is even just the shed from week one continuing?
She ate on Wednesday and I'm not wanting to handle her until tomorrow at least, so I apologize that you can't see her belly very well in the picture. The scales on her head are the stuck ones that refused to come off with soaking.
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The more they eat the more they will grow and shed. How many grams is she? She does look like she's in shed tho.
Last edited by jasonmcgilvrey83; 09-05-2014 at 07:14 PM.
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They should shed all in one piece all at one time and it looks like she's less than a week away from doing so. The only reason I bring this up is because you mentioned "even the parts of her that have shed seem a little faded". Keep the humidity up (60-70%) and hopefully for the both of you a good, full body, shed will happen soon. If you have trouble keeping humidity up in her enclosure, just mist her directly once or twice a day to help her out in the mean time.
If I were you, I'd also hold off on handling her until after she sheds. I know mine tend to be pretty irritable (read: stressed) during this time, so I try to leave them be as best as I can until after they have their new skin.
If you haven't seen it already, here's a great article that covers the shedding process in amazing detail: http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...edding-Process
Good luck to you both!
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Re: In blue already?
Originally Posted by jasonmcgilvrey83
The more they eat the more they will grow and shed. How many grams is she? She does look like she's in shed tho.
I'm actually not sure on how many grams. Right now all I have is a bathroom scale that can only do kg, and it's malfunctioning. MY best guess would be somewhere between 500 and 700, but I could be wrong.
Originally Posted by Eric Alan
They should shed all in one piece all at one time and it looks like she's less than a week away from doing so. The only reason I bring this up is because you mentioned " even the parts of her that have shed seem a little faded". Keep the humidity up (60-70%) and hopefully for the both of you a good, full body, shed will happen soon. If you have trouble keeping humidity up in her enclosure, just mist her directly once or twice a day to help her out in the mean time.
If I were you, I'd also hold off on handling her until after she sheds. I know mine tend to be pretty irritable (read: stressed) during this time, so I try to leave them be as best as I can until after they have their new skin.
If you haven't seen it already, here's a great article that covers the shedding process in amazing detail: http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...edding-Process
Good luck to you both!
I've been keeping her humidity high since I got her trying to help the last bits of her initial stuck shed to come off in addition to soaking her like it says to in the bad shed article. I'm very confident her next shed will all come off in one piece. I had a similar bad shed with Kirby her first time, but I'll admit that one was because I didn't know as much as I should have. After that, I went out and got myself a good mister bottle (not just a spray bottle, but a continuous mister with a pump), and she's never had a bad shed since. My confusion with Chelsea's current shed cycle was more along the lines of I didn't expect her to be ready to shed again after just 3 weeks. I suppose it's a good thing though, right?
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Yes, it's a great thing that she's getting ready to shed again!
Also, I wouldn't over think the timing. Since she had the stuck shed when you first got her (right?), you can't really be certain when that cycle actually started. Maybe it's been stuck longer than you think.
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I brought mine home the day after he shed it was the day he fed. I fed him once and the next time I went to feed him he was in shed, took the mouse like a champ which was Wednesday and yesterday he completely shed out inside his hide 15 days earlier he had just shed. I believe other than where I tore it trying to straighten it out its in one piece..thankfully.
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