I think he's dehydrated? What do I do?

[BigCeC43]

Let me know what you think by the pictures. I was also thinking that the dry/extra skin was b/c he was going to be shedding soon (but in reality every day for the past week I go through this same sequence in my head "he's getting duller, well... maybe not; but his belly pink, wait now it doesn't look pink anymore; his eyes are clouding up, wait... now they look clear again") So I really have no clue expect that he shed about 3-4 weeks ago and should be due for another sometime soon. Sorry, a few pics are blurry...








I know this pic has nothing to do with anything, but it's the best close up I've been able to get so far.



Anyway, let me know what you think. I did see him take a nice long 10-15 second drink yesterday. Other than that I'm either missing it or he's not drinking. the humidity hasn't dropped below 50% and I've actually bumped it up a few times thinking he was about to shed

He kinda feels like he has extra skin to grow into, but Idk if that's really the case here.

[JLC]

Sounds to me like he's gonna shed soon. It's normal for their eyes to go cloudy and then clear up. They'll look clear for a few days and then shed. He doesn't look dehydrated at all to me. Just keep that humidity bumped and I've a feeling you'll find a nice neat present in the cage before you know it.

[BigCeC43]

Thanks for the quick response. Is it possible that his eyes would cloud up big time during ine shed then barely during the next? During the first shed that I witnessed his eyes were extremely cloudy white/blue/silverish. Now they don't look anywhere near that cloudy, just a little murkey. I'm probably worried about nothing at all, it's just that I'm not currently working so I pretty much sit here and check his tank 17,893 times a day. The combination of a new pet and free time=extreme OCD.
Man... I need a job a.s.a.p.

[JLC]

Yeah....I think you're just experiencing a very typical bout of NSOCD (New Snake OCD ...LOL)

[BigCeC43]

Thanks, just wanted to double check . On a side note I've really managed to gain his trust the last few weeks. He had no problem with me touching his head, neck, mouth, etc... today (he used to be very jumping when I came near his face) I was tempted to try to open his mouth to check for a RI, but I restrained myself.

[Jonny2184]

Thanks, just wanted to double check . On a side note I've really managed to gain his trust the last few weeks. He had no problem with me touching his head, neck, mouth, etc... today (he used to be very jumping when I came near his face) I was tempted to try to open his mouth to check for a RI, but I restrained myself.

Yeah my vet showed me how to check inside there mouth but you have to hold on kind of tight to there head cause they like to run, and you take like the rod of a q-tip and open there mouth with it... I use a chop stick but u can use a q-tip and she told me that the inside of the mouth should be roughly the same color as your hand... Just a good way to look for health problems I guess...
She said my hands were a little too white but anyway, u know what I mean! lol
I find afterwards my snake doesnt like me as much ... Must be the fact that I was holding onto his head... GL 2 ya!

[Jonny2184]

Thanks, just wanted to double check . On a side note I've really managed to gain his trust the last few weeks. He had no problem with me touching his head, neck, mouth, etc... today (he used to be very jumping when I came near his face) I was tempted to try to open his mouth to check for a RI, but I restrained myself.

What is RI??

[JLC]

What is RI??

Respiratory Infection