Feeding while shedding

[Nick_bp]

Ok so my female bp is going into shed, her eyes turned gray about 2 days ago and today is feeding day. I feed her a small adult mouse every 10 days. I was wondering if it is ok to feed her today or wait till she is done shedding then feed her? Opinions plz? And what is the towel trick to up the humidity?

[pixie6710]

wait till she is outta shed to feed her.

[chaddeus71]

Ok so my female bp is going into shed, her eyes turned gray about 2 days ago and today is feeding day. I feed her a small adult mouse every 10 days. I was wondering if it is ok to feed her today or wait till she is done shedding then feed her? Opinions plz? And what is the towel trick to up the humidity?

I myself would wait until she has finished the shedding process to feed her again.It will not hurt at all.Generally Ball pythons wont eat during this process but some do. As for the towel trick,I believe that is placing a damp towel over the top of the enclosure(if you have a screen top of course) in order to keep up the humidity.

[Nick_bp]

Ok thank you for your replies

[Generationshell]

If she is willing to eat then I would feed her. I feed my bp regardless of if he is in shed or not.

[Nick_bp]

Ok. Does your bp have any problems shedding after it eats? I over read a thread saying that it can cause stuck sheds or complicate it or something like that

[Generationshell]

Ive been feeding him in shed ever since I got him which has been 9 months and I havent had any problems. As long as ur humidity up the bp should shed in a full piece regardless of having eaten or not.

[Nick_bp]

Ok I will try and feed her today then. Thank you

[don15681]

some will eat when in shed, and some won't.

[Valentine Pirate]

I feed mine during shed, doesn't seem to harm them