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    shed?

    my bp have cloudy eyes afew days back and i went to check on it today and it was clear? the body have dark colours and clear eyes? what tat means?
    did i make a wrong assumtion thatit was gonna shed.. i heard that the colour of the eyes will clear before shed?.. my BP's eyes did clear but the colour remains? i thought the body suppose to be cloudy? or should i wait for another few days? i gave it a bath today and keep check of the humidity just sit back and wait? =)

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    Re: shed?

    There is some excellant post up in the care/husbandry section I believe about this. The shed process goes thru stages and usually have a corresponding time range with each of them.

    In general....Pink belly leading to your poor color and cloudy eyes.
    After a period of time they will clear up and look relatively normal
    Usually 48-72 hours after this clearing stage they will shed

    It is important that once they clear up you make sure humidity levels are up....general rec is 70% during this time frame.....again this is a quick synopses of the process...the caresheet gives you specific time durations and actual pictures of the process

    PS: The only time the soaking process should occur is if the shed is bad and there is remaining pieces that are not easily removable. Again there is a post and pic process of how to soak you bp after a bad shed

    Bad shed? No problem
    The Shedding Process

    These are found in the husbandry section...excellant posts
    Last edited by Kysenia; 04-09-2009 at 07:22 AM.
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    Re: shed?

    i think its clearing up hope so =D

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    Re: shed?

    just keep the humidity up at like 80% I bet you it will be anyday. Usually after three days of looking clear again mine shed usually that day or the next. Don't worry lol.

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    Re: shed?

    Also in the future try not to bathe your snake unless he is having a bad shed. Bathing them before a shed leaches oils in their skin that they need in order to shed properly.

    Just keep your humidity around 70% and in a few days you should have a nice beautiful snake and a pile of old skin.
    ~Steffe

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    Re: shed?

    okay MY BP SHEDDED a complete clean shed i gonna find mice for him today =) cheers!! thanks for everyones advice!!

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