I am sure she has shed, but I cannot Find her "sheded" skin :-(

[muzikfreakah]

Thought I would start a new topic about this to make it clearer.

It is a continuation of this thread here:
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...71#post1633671

Basically, to Summarize, Last Saturday, her eyes turned grey already, I noticed this while I was feeding her.

Today I picked her up she is all clear, and her skin feels new and bright colored already.
But I cannot find her skin anywhere in her tank :-(

Is it possible she has eaten it?

[RetiredJedi]

usually once the eyes are cleared up it is about one or two days before they actually shed. So basically the eyes get cloudy, then clear up , and then one to two days later there will be shed skin.

[kitedemon]

The last stage of a shed is clearing of basically everything. Some still look dusty or hazy but some clear almost completely. I'd guess that the shed is still about to finish.

[DakotaB]

yeah thats normal. you will notice there whole body darken then it will look like normal. Then they shed and they look really good. A snake will not eat its own shed and it doesnt just vanish. I bet ull see her shedding tomorrow morning or the next day. Mines doing the same now and hopefully will shed tomorrow.

[muzikfreakah]

Thanks guys! She should be shedding within the day of tomorrow I hope.

My bearded dragons sometimes eat their Shed. it is normal for them to do so.

Thanks again guys! :-)

[rperry03]

My bearded dragons sometimes eat their Shed.

Dragons apparently do this so they don't leave a trail or give away their location to predators.

[AliCat37]

My ball takes about three days of "clear" before shedding. Yours is yet to come, I am sure! I've never heard of snakes eating their own sheds, but I did read about it once when I first got snakes and had the same thought

[loonunit]

Sometimes they turn blue and they just take forever. So don't panic if she takes as long as a week. She won't eat the shed.

[muzikfreakah]

I don't know what I would do withou y'all Thanks, as you guys predicted, she just finished her shed when I got home. It's all in one piece . Question though, there is a dot of red on the shedded skin, right about where the cloaca is




Is this normal?


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[RetiredJedi]

Congrats on one piece!

Yes sometimes there is a small spot of blood in that area when they shed.