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Zeke is going to shed!
Zeke is going to have his first shed with me! His eyes are milky and has not been active, just balled up in his hide. I noiticed a couple days ago he looked blue and today his eyes are milky. I read somewhere that there eyes go back normal and then he sheds in like 48hours...I have his temps right(he is on his warm side) and I am moving his water dish more towards the warm side to raise humidity. Now what do I do? He last ate on 8/14 He was due to be fed again yesterday but I did not want to until I could ask here. Should I feed him or should I leave him alone? Thanks. I am sooooooooo nervous
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Re: Zeke is going to shed!
Originally Posted by ZEKESMOM
Zeke is going to have his first shed with me! His eyes are milky and has not been active, just balled up in his hide. I noiticed a couple days ago he looked blue and today his eyes are milky. I read somewhere that there eyes go back normal and then he sheds in like 48hours...I have his temps right(he is on his warm side) and I am moving his water dish more towards the warm side to raise humidity. Now what do I do? He last ate on 8/14 He was due to be fed again yesterday but I did not want to until I could ask here. Should I feed him or should I leave him alone? Thanks. I am sooooooooo nervous
Relax,i suggest you to wait until after he sheds like maybe the next feeding time.It will not hurt him to miss a meal,infact him shedding shows he is growing and that shows your feeding him properly .You can spray him a few times during this shed cycle to help with the humidity also if its needed.
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Re: Zeke is going to shed!
Thank you so much I am trying to take such good care of him. I am trying to absorb as much info from this forum as I can. I have been going through just reading threads to gain some knowledge. I took the advice I read to feed him on a schedule and to keep a "diary" of his feeds. So since he has shed do you think I can up the size of his feed? He was eating small hoppers before this.
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Re: Zeke is going to shed!
Originally Posted by ZEKESMOM
Thank you so much I am trying to take such good care of him. I am trying to absorb as much info from this forum as I can. I have been going through just reading threads to gain some knowledge. I took the advice I read to feed him on a schedule and to keep a "diary" of his feeds. So since he has shed do you think I can up the size of his feed? He was eating small hoppers before this.
If you do not notice a lump after you feed him you can try to bump him up on the size of rodent.Now sometimes balls might be leary of a bigger foor prey,some just do not care its food and thats enough for them lol.As far as keeping him on a regular feedings is great but you can skip them when he is in the shed cycles without any negative results.
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Re: Zeke is going to shed!
Originally Posted by joepythons
If you do not notice a lump after you feed him you can try to bump him up on the size of rodent.Now sometimes balls might be leary of a bigger foor prey,some just do not care its food and thats enough for them lol.As far as keeping him on a regular feedings is great but you can skip them when he is in the shed cycles without any negative results.
I am feeding julius med/large mice and she doesnt show significant bulges after eating.. she is probably around 200g - maybe a bit more. what should she be eating?
thanks
barry
0.1 bp (julius - rehomed in 2008)
0.1 red tail boa (bianca - rehomed in 2008)
1.1 persian cats (morris [RIP 2016] & oscar [RIP 2015])
1.0 burmese python (strawberry - rehomed in 2008)
2.0 leopard geckos (quincy & froederick - rehomed in 2008)
0.0.1 mouse in the freezer (roger - no idea. hopefully i removed him)
1.0 bp (neke - yellow belly ball)
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Re: Zeke is going to shed!
Originally Posted by bchapman
I am feeding julius med/large mice and she doesnt show significant bulges after eating.. she is probably around 200g - maybe a bit more. what should she be eating?
thanks
barry
bump?
anyone?
0.1 bp (julius - rehomed in 2008)
0.1 red tail boa (bianca - rehomed in 2008)
1.1 persian cats (morris [RIP 2016] & oscar [RIP 2015])
1.0 burmese python (strawberry - rehomed in 2008)
2.0 leopard geckos (quincy & froederick - rehomed in 2008)
0.0.1 mouse in the freezer (roger - no idea. hopefully i removed him)
1.0 bp (neke - yellow belly ball)
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Re: Zeke is going to shed!
Originally Posted by bchapman
I am feeding julius med/large mice and she doesnt show significant bulges after eating.. she is probably around 200g - maybe a bit more. what should she be eating?
thanks
barry
You do not want to see a lump when feeding a bp. It sounds like you are good. I'd stick with that for awhile, then eventually you can feed two.
Christie
Reptile Geek
Cause when push comes to shove you taste what you're made of
You might bend, till you break cause its all you can take
On your knees you look up decide you've had enough
You get mad you get strong wipe your hands shake it off
Then you Stand
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Re: Zeke is going to shed!
Originally Posted by tigerlily
You do not want to see a lump when feeding a bp. It sounds like you are good. I'd stick with that for awhile, then eventually you can feed two.
ok good, i say joepythons post and it said if we dont notice a lump - we should feed larger prey
0.1 bp (julius - rehomed in 2008)
0.1 red tail boa (bianca - rehomed in 2008)
1.1 persian cats (morris [RIP 2016] & oscar [RIP 2015])
1.0 burmese python (strawberry - rehomed in 2008)
2.0 leopard geckos (quincy & froederick - rehomed in 2008)
0.0.1 mouse in the freezer (roger - no idea. hopefully i removed him)
1.0 bp (neke - yellow belly ball)
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Re: Zeke is going to shed!
Some people do feed larger meals, and can experience long periods of fasting. I prefer smaller myself.
A 200g bp is pretty small. A medium/large mouse should be adequate. (at least to my mind)
Christie
Reptile Geek
Cause when push comes to shove you taste what you're made of
You might bend, till you break cause its all you can take
On your knees you look up decide you've had enough
You get mad you get strong wipe your hands shake it off
Then you Stand
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Re: Zeke is going to shed!
Originally Posted by tigerlily
Some people do feed larger meals, and can experience long periods of fasting. I prefer smaller myself.
A 200g bp is pretty small. A medium/large mouse should be adequate. (at least to my mind)
I may be wrong about the weight.. She is an 06 hatchling obviously, but she was 159g when I took her to the vet.. That was like 6 or 7 weeks ago
0.1 bp (julius - rehomed in 2008)
0.1 red tail boa (bianca - rehomed in 2008)
1.1 persian cats (morris [RIP 2016] & oscar [RIP 2015])
1.0 burmese python (strawberry - rehomed in 2008)
2.0 leopard geckos (quincy & froederick - rehomed in 2008)
0.0.1 mouse in the freezer (roger - no idea. hopefully i removed him)
1.0 bp (neke - yellow belly ball)
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